Chapter 7
A More Perfect Union
Round 1
Match each term with its description
1. Bicameral
2. Republic
3. Articles of
Confederation
4. Unicameral
5. Ordinance of 1785
6. Northwest
Ordinance
7. Harrison Land Act of
1800
8. Robert Morris
A. A single-house legislature
B. Law that created the
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Northwest Territory.
Law that made lands available
for public sale.
Head of the Department of
Finance
First constitution of the United
States of America
Law that made buying lands
affordable through financing.
A two-house legislature
A government in which
citizens rule through elected
officials
Round 2
Match each term with its description
1. Depression
A. New York lawyer who called
2. Daniel Shays
3. Manumission
4. Alexander
Hamilton
5. James Madison
6. James Wilson
7. Gouverneur
Morris
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
for the Constitutional
Convention.
Massachusetts farmer who
led a rebellion
Pennsylvania delegate who
wrote final draft of
Constitution; known as the
“Penman of the Constitution”
Virginia farmer known as the
“Father of the Constitution”
Freeing of all enslaved people
Slow economy
Pennsylvania framer
Round 3
Match each term with its description
1. Edmund
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Randolph
William Paterson
Roger Sherman
Great
Compromise
Three-Fifths
Compromise
George Mason
A. Proposed the Virginia Plan
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
which included three
branches of government
Proposed the Great
Compromise
Proposed the New Jersey
Plan which included one
vote per state
Agreement that allotted for
a proportional vote and an
equal vote among states
Proposed a Bill of Rights
Agreement that allowed
slaves to vote, but not
equally
Round 4
Match each term with its description
1. English Bill of
Rights
2. English Magna
Carta
3. Framers
4. John Locke
5. Montesquieu
6. Federalist
7. Anti-Federalist
Someone in favor of a
strong central government
B. French writer who believed
in the separation of powers
C. Document that provided
for the citizens
D. Someone not in favor of a
strong central government
E. English writer who believed
in natural rights
F. Document that limited the
power of the king
G. Educated men who created
the Constitution
A.
Round 5
Match each term with its description
“Federalist Papers”
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Electoral College
Checks and
Balances
7. Amendment
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A. Supreme Court
B. Book written by James
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Madison, John Jay, and
Alexander Hamilton
Office of the President
A collective of elected
officials that determines
the President
Law added to the
Constitution
Bicameral Congress:
Senate and House of
Representatives
Idea that each branch of
government can correct
the other
Round 6
Compare and Contrast
Using the list below, determine whether part of the Articles
of Confederation (A) or the U.S. Constitution (C)
1. One branch
2. States maintain power
3. Congress cannot impose taxes
4. Congress can impose taxes
5. Congress can declare war
6. Idea of federalism
7. Three branches
8. Congress can control trade
9. Congress cannot control trade
10. Congress cannot maintain money
11. Congress can maintain money
Round 7
Checks and Balances
Determine whether the ability to take action belongs to the
Legislative Branch (L), Executive Branch (E), or the Judicial
Branch (J)
1. Power to approve constitutionality of laws
2. Power to overturn veto with 2/3 vote
3. Power to approve Supreme Court justices
4. Power to appoint Supreme Court justices
5. Power of the purse
6. Power to approve constitutionality of executive orders
7. Power to veto laws
8. Power to impeach President and Supreme Court justices