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What does unicameral mean?

one house of chamber

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What does bicameral mean?

2 houses or chambers

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What is a convention?

A meeting for a specific purpose

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What event showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Shay's Rebellion

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How many branches did we have under the Articles of Confederation?

one branch

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Where did the delegates of the 13 states meet to revise the Articles of Confederation?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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What was the name of the plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that supported equal representation?

New Jersey Plan

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Plan that proposed proportional (population) representation in Congress

Virginia Plan

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Compromise that created a bicameral Legislature?

Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)

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What was one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Weak central government, only states could tax the people

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What powers did the states have under the Articles of Confederation?

tax, and control trade

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When was the U.S. Constitution written?

1787

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Compromise that said only 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted for representation and taxation.

3/5 Compromise

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