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American Government AQE
This is a review of the A Beka curriculum 12th grade American Government Appendix Quiz E.
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12th Grade
09/15/2014

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Mount Vernon Conference
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A successful meeting between the states of Virginia and Maryland attempting to work out differences over commercial navigation on the Potomac Rover and the Chesapeake Bay. It was held at George Washington's home in Virginia.
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Annapolis Convention
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A disappointing convention held in Maryland where all the states were invited to attend and discuss common problems of commerce and navigation, but only five states sent delegates.
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Constitutional Convention
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A convention called by Congress for only the sole purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation in which every state except Rhode Island sent delegates.
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George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
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Who were the two most famous Americans to attend the Constitutional Convention?
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James Madison
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He was agreed to have been the single most important member of the Convention and is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution".
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Gouverneur Morris
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_____ _____ put all of the Convention's resolutions and decisions into final form and literally wrote the final draft of the document.
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Alexander Hamilton
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_____ _____ was the most eager to create a stronger central government than the one under the Articles.
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Johnathan Dayton
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Who was the youngest delegate at only twenty-six?
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constiutionalism, republicanism, and federalism
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What summed up Madison's political thought?
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1787
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When had the meeting in Philadelphia been scheduled to begin?
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Independence Hall
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What is the modern name for the Pennsylvania State House, where the Declaration of Independence had been signed?
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Great Decision
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What was the choice to put aside the Articles of Confederation and to draft a brand new constitution for the United States?
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"Bundle of Compromises"
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What is another name for the US Constitution?
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Edmund Randolph
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Who proposed James Madison's Virginia Plan?
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Virginia Plan
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Which plan called for a bicameral legislature?
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William Paterson
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Who presented the New Jersey Plan?
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New Jersey Plan
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Which plan called for a unicameral legislature with all states having equal representation?
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Great Compromise
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The compromise accepted by the Convention supporting a bicameral national legislature.
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Connecticut Compromise
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What's another name for the Great Compromise?
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Senate
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What is the upper house?
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House of Representatives
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What is the lower house?
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Three-fifths Compromise
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The compromise agreeing that three fifths of a state's slave population would be counted in determining both taxation and representation
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Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
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The compromise agreeing that Congress could regulate interstate and foreign comemrce and the trade with the Indiancs but could not levy export taxes and also that Congress could not regulate the slave trade except by a small head tax until the year 1808.
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