Chapter 8: Confederation to Constitution (1776-1791) Homework Packet

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MONDAY
Read page 221-225
Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Define the vocabulary words
1) Wilderness Road
10) New Jersey Plan
2) Republic
11) Great Compromise
3) Articles of Confederation
12) Three-Fifths Compromise
4) Land Ordinance of 1785
13) Federalism
5) Northwest Territory
14) Federalists
6) Northwest Ordinance
15) Antifederalists
7) Shays Rebellion
16) The Federalist papers
8) Constitutional Convention
17) Bill of Rights
9) Virginia Plan
18)TUESDAY
Read page 228-233
Northwest Territory Map
1) On a piece of paper draw a map of the United States 1775-1800 (as shown on page
A27 in the textbook) OR you can print the map on the class website (click on the link
for MAPS)
2) Label the following locations:
a) Atlantic Ocean
h) Florida
b) Gulf of Mexico
i) Louisiana
c) Mississippi River
j) Each of the Great Lakes
d) Appalachian Mountains
(Lake Superior, Lake
e) Mississippi River
Michigan, Lake Huron,
f) Ohio River
Lake Erie, and Lake
g) Northwest Territory
Ontario)
k) WEDNESDAY
Read page 234-237
Bill of Rights
1) Find a newspaper, magazine, or online news current event related to the Bill of
Rights (first 10 Amendments to the Constitution)
2) Write 5 sentences answering each of the 5W Questions (Who, What, Where,
When, and Why?) about the news current event related to the Bill of Rights.
3) Write 1-paragraph summary (6 sentences or more) about the news current event
related to the Bills of Rights (1-Introduction sentence, 2-Sentence with
fact/statistic from the news current event, 3-Sentence on your thoughts/opinions
on why the fact/statistic is important, 4-Another sentence with fact/statistic from
the news current event, 5- Another sentence on your thoughts/opinions on why the
fact/statistic is important, and 6-conclusion sentence)
l) THURSDAY
Chapter 8 Review Questions (ON THE BACK)

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What agreement ended the American Revolution?

What is a government in which people elect representatives to govern them?
Who helped build the trail into Kentucky?
What was the trail in to Kentucky called?
What was a document adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally
approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new
United States?
6) Lands that formed the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
and Wisconsin were called what _______________ Territory?
7) What established a plan for surveying and selling lands west of the Appalachian
Mountains?
8) What are lands divided into square plots called?
9) According to the Northwest Ordinance how many people did a territory need
before it could apply to become a new state?
10) Who lead a group of men as they marched on a federal arsenal in
Massachusetts?
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What city did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention meet?
12) Delegates to the Constitutional Convention and other early leaders of the
United States are called what?
13) What was a plan that proposed a government with three branches and a twohouse legislature in which representation would based on a states population or
wealth?
14) What was a plan of government proposed that called for a one-house
legislature in which each state would have one vote?
15) The Great Compromise is also referred as what?
16) What ratio of the slave population would count toward setting taxes and be
used to determine representation in the legislature?
17) James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote for what paper?
18) What are supporters of the Constitution called?
19) What was a person who opposed the ratifications of the U.S. Constitution
called?
20) What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?
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