The Constitutional Convention

What word means shared power between federal and state governments

In the New Jersey Plan, states received equal representation in congress. Which states favored this plan?

The branch of government that makes our laws

In the Virginia Plan representation in congress was based on population. Which states favored this plan?

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

Presided over the Constitutional Convention and became the first President of the U.S.

The Senate will have equal representation for each state. The House of Representatives will be based on ... ?

True or False. The Articles of Confederation created a stronger National government.

A system in which power is divided, balanced and/or shared between the national (central) and state governments

A major weakness under the Articles of Confederation was-

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

Why does the U.S. government count population every ten years?

One of the authors of the "Federalist Papers" who wrote 51 of the essay's and later become the secretary of the treasury

The rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.

Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population

Which group of states benefited the most from the Three-Fifths Compromise?

people who opposed ratification of the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added

a government where the majority rules and is based on voting

Federalists believed that adding this would limit the power of the central government, while Anti-Federalists believed this document would check the power of the national government.

Someone who acts or votes on behalf of another person or group of people

Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the United States was governed by which document?

Under the Three-Fifths compromise, which individuals counted as 3/5 of a free person when a census was taken?

An agreement in which both sides give up something

Which compromise combined aspects of the Virginia and New Jersey plans to make small and large states satisfied?