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MCCKC History 120: U.S. History to 1865
Chapter 7: Founding a Nation, 1783-1789
Vocabulary Assignment
DIRECTIONS: Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following
terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two, single-spaced. When you have
completed this assignment, print out a copy for your instructor, then email a copy of
the file (as an attachment) to your instructor at cwhitney@nkcsd.k12.mo.us .
bicameral/unicameral
Identification
Historical Significance
nationalists
Identification
Historical Significance
Notes on the State of Virginia
Identification
Historical Significance
Virginia Plan
Identification
Historical Significance
New Jersey Plan
Identification
Historical Significance
Federalism
Identification
Historical Significance
fugitive slave clause
Identification
Historical Significance
three-fifths clause
Identification
Historical Significance
“other persons”
Identification
Historical Significance
Shays’s Rebellion
Identification
Historical Significance
Articles of Confederation
Identification
Historical Significance
Bill of Rights
Identification
Historical Significance
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Identification
Historical Significance
Naturalization Act of 1790
Identification
Historical Significance
The Federalist
Identification
Historical Significance
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Identification
Historical Significance
Treaty of Greenville
Identification
Historical Significance
Slave compromises
Identification
Historical Significance
James Madison
Identification
Historical Significance
Anti-Federalists
Identification
Historical Significance
Letters from an American Farmer
Identification
Historical Significance
Constitutional Convention
Identification
Historical Significance