Study Topics – Chapter 8 – Test _________________
People
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Events
Constitutional Convention
Shay’s Rebellion
Vocabulary
inflation
Federalism
debtors
amendments
ratification
republic
creditors
suffrage
interstate commerce
constitution
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Three-Fifths Compromise
Be able to . . . .
Describe the problems that the United States faced under the Articles of Confederation.
Describe the 3/5 Compromise.
List where ideas for creating the American Government came from (at least 5).
Describe the difference between a Federalist and an Anti-Federalist. Give an example (name)
for each.
Describe the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
Describe the Great Compromise.