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144 Mastering new York’s grade 7 social studies standards
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Northern states, with fewer slaves, opposed this idea. Northern and
Southern delegates also disagreed over whether the new Congress
should be able to regulate or even outlaw the slave trade. The
North wanted Congress to be able to regulate slavery, while
Southerners opposed this. These disagreements were even- tually
settled by a series of compromises:
MAJOR CONSITUTIONAL COMPROMISES
Issue: How should states be represented in the national
legislature?
Issue: How should slaves be counted?
The “Great Compromise:” larger states felt they should have a
greater say in the national government. smaller states felt each
state should have an equal voice. in this compromise, a two “house”
(bicameral) legislature was created — congress. in the House of
Representatives, states were represented according to their
population size. this allowed states with a larger population to
have a greater number of representatives. in the Senate, each
state, no matter what its size, would be represented by two
Senators. senators were elected indirectly. all laws needed the
approval of both houses of congress.
The “Three-Fifths Compromise:” southern states wanted slaves
counted as part of their population, to have more members in the
House of representatives. the states compromised by agreeing to
count every five slaves as three free persons for both taxation and
representation.
Free Persons
taXation and rePresentation
The Commerce Compromise. In the “Commerce Compromise,” the
delegates agreed to prohibit all taxes on exports — goods sold to
foreign countries. Only imported goods could be taxed. They also
agreed not to prohibit Congress from ending the slave trade for the
next twenty years.
Create a chart about the Constitutional Convention. Show what the
delegates agreed on, where they disagreed, and the compromises they
made.
Hold a mock Constitutional Convention in your classroom. Have your
teacher assign different roles to members of your class.
Applying WhAt you hAve leArned
Members of the Constitutional Convention discussing the issue of
representation.
The “Core Curriculum” is presented in easy-to- comprehend chunks
with plentiful illustrations, maps and graphic organizers.
CHAPTER 9: A Nation Is Created, 1750 to 1783 125
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CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE QUESTIONS Base your answers to questions 1
through 3 on the document below and your knowledge of social
studies.
Albany Act of Union (1754)
“I t is proposed that … one general government may be formed in
America as follows: 1. That the general government be administered
by a President-General, to be
appointed and supported by the [King]; and a Grand Council, to be
chosen by the representatives of the people of the several Colonies
in their respective assemblies.
5. That after the first three years, when the proportion of money
arising of each Colony to the treasury can be known, the number of
members to be chosen for each Colony shall, in all [later]
elections, be regulated, so that the number chosen by any one
Province [is] not more than seven, nor less than two.
15. That they raise and pay soldiers and build forts for the
defense of any of the Colonies, and equip vessels to guard the
coasts and protect trade on the ocean, lakes, or great
rivers.
16. That for these purposes they have power to make laws, and
collect such general duties or taxes, as shall appear most equal
and just [considering the ability and circumstances of the
inhabitants in the Colonies].
1 Based on this document, what was the greatest number of
representatives proposed for each colony in the Great Council?
[1]
Score 2 Based on this document, state two powers proposed for the
new government. [2]
(1)
Score (2)
Score 3 State one reason why the colonies refused to adopt the plan
proposed in this
document. [1]
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how to anSwer mUltIple-ChoICe qUeStIonS In this chapter, you will
learn how to answer the different types of multiple-choice
questions found on social studies tests, including the Grade 8
Intermediate-Level Social Studies Test you will take next
year.
A multiple-choice question is a question followed by four possible
answers. Your job is to choose the best answer to the question.
Multiple-choice questions can be grouped into two main types:
y Statement questions. These questions begin with a question or an
incomplete statement followed by a list of four choices or ways in
which the statement can be completed.
y data-based questions. These questions present a piece of data or
information as part of the question. You are then asked some
question about the data, to which you respond by selecting the
correct answer from a list of four choices.
how to USe the “e-r-a” approaCh Whatever type of multiple-choice
question you are asked, we recommend that you follow a three-step
approach to answer it. We call this the “E-R-A” approach:
EXaMInE the question
REcall what you Know
aPPly what you Know
Let’s look at each step to see how it can lead you to the correct
answer. Here is a sample question:
cHapTER 3
The book includes more than 50 pages of test-taking strategies.
Students learn our unique “E-R-A” approach, which really helps them
to find the answers to multiple-choice questions.
CHAPTER 11: Life in the New Nation, 1789 to 1840 181
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Look up information on the Internet about the journey of the
Cherokee along the Trail of Tears. Then write a journal entry as a
Cherokee boy or girl, describing what you might have experienced on
the journey.
Evaluate Andrew Jackson as President, based on the events that took
place dur- ing his Presidency. Was Jackson a democrat or a
tyrant?
Use primary sources from your school library or the Internet to
examine differ- ent points of view on Jackson’s policies. Make a
political cartoon to illustrate one of these viewpoints.
Applying WhAt you hAve leArned
THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE: 1790 TO 1860
Ess ial QUesTions
How did social and economic life change as the United States began
to move from an agrarian to an industrial society?
How did geographic factors in the United States contribute to this
change?
In the years before the Civil War (1861–1865), American industry
was just beginning to emerge. Most Americans still lived in a
pre-industrial age, but patterns of work and family life were
beginning to be affected by the rise of industry. These changes
occurred at differ- ent places in the United States at different
times.
THE NATURE OF WORK The first factories appeared in the Northeast.
Using machinery and steam power, facto- ries produced thousands of
yards of cloth each day. In factories, goods could be mass
produced. Mass production is the manu- facture of goods in large
quantities using standardized designs, so that all the goods
produced are the same. In fact, techniques of mass production were
pioneered by the American inventor Eli Whitney. He used mass
production to create interchangeable parts in the manufacture of
muskets (guns).
Early advertisement for Whitney’s mass produced firearms.
Students interact with and apply what they read through Applying
What You Have Learned activities that rein- force content and
skills tested on the Grade 8 Test. Many of these activities are
based on New York State’s recom- mended “Classroom Ideas.”
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A NATION IS CREATED, 1750 to 1783 In this chapter, you will learn
how British colonists in North America objected to the impo- sition
of new taxes by the British. This dispute eventually brought the
colonists into armed conflict with Great Britain. The outbreak of
war led colonial leaders, in turn, to declare their independence.
This chapter is divided into the following three sections:
A NATION IS CREATED
The French and Indian War. The British victory in the French and
Indian War had important effects on the colonies.
Causes of the American Revolution. A variety of factors contributed
to the outbreak of the American Revolution. These factors included
the Proclamation Line of 1763 and a series of new taxes imposed on
the colonists.
The Road to Independence. Actual fighting between the British army
and the colonists broke out at Lexington and Concord in 1775. The
Second Continental Congress declared American independence in 1776,
but the war lasted until a peace treaty was signed in 1783.
French and Indian War Boston Tea Party Ethan Allen Albany Plan of
Union Intolerable Acts Fort Ticonderoga Treaty of Paris (1763)
Lexington / Concord Battle of Long Island Proclamation Line of 1763
Loyalists / Patriots Valley Forge John Locke Common Sense George
Washington Stamp Act Thomas Paine John Burgoyne Boycott Thomas
Jefferson Battle of Saratoga Townshend Acts July 4, 1776 Battle of
Yorktown Sons of Liberty Declaration of Indep. Treaty of Paris
(1783)
Key Chapter terms, ConCepts, and people
Chapter 9
Each content chapter begins with an advance organizer and Word
Wall. Every section opens with one or more Essential Questions from
the “Core Curriculum.”
CHAPTER 10: Experiments in Government, 1777 to 1788 151
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Provisions for Change
Protection of Individual
Rights Federalism PRINCIPLES
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION
The Federalist Papers
TESTING YOUR UNDERSTaNDING 1 Under the Articles of Confederation,
the national government
(1) established a central bank (3) allowed the President to declare
war (2) created a process to admit new states (4) allowed Congress
to tax the states
ExaminE thE QuEstion: This question asks for an achievement of the
national government under the Articles of Confederation. REcall
What You KnoW: You should recall that the Articles left most power
with the states: there was no national executive or courts. How-
ever, the Confederation government did pass the Northwest
Ordinance. applY What You KnoW: The government never created a
central bank, so (1) is wrong. There was no President or direct
taxing under the Articles of Confederation, so (3) and (4) are
wrong. The Northwest Ordinance created a process to admit new
states. Thus, (2) is the best answer.
Applying the “e-R-A” AppRoAch
Each chapter ends with Study Cards, a comprehensive Con- cept Map,
Guided Practice, and numerous multiple-choice and
constructed-response questions.
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