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Lesson 8 Creating the Constitution

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  • Which plan was for the bigger states?
    Virginia
  • What were the names of the two houses in the Virginia Plan?
    House of Representatives and Senate
  • True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could tax.
    False
  • What fraction were slaves to count toward representation?
    3/5th
  • How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?
    55
  • What was the rule of the Constitutional Convention?
    secrecy
  • How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the electoral college?
    270
  • How many years could Congress not interfere with the slave trade?
    20
  • What does it mean to formally approve a plan or an agreement?
    ratify
  • Why was Congress unable to stop the rebellious farmers?
    The Continental Army has disband.
  • What is an agreement in which both sides in a dispute agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement?
    compromise
  • What did the new nation have a shortage of?
    money
  • Which state did Shays's Rebellion occur?
    Massachusetts
  • Why did slaveholders want slaves counted in the population?
    for more representation
  • What was our nation's first Constitution?
    The Articles of Confederation
  • Which city was the Constitutional Convention held?
    Philadelphia, PA
  • What is a place where weapons can be stored?
    arsenal
  • What shocked Congress into calling for a Constitutional Convention?
    Shays's Rebellion
  • Which system elects the president?
    Electoral College
  • How many houses did the New Jersey plan want?
    one
  • Which plan was for the smaller states?
    New Jersey
  • What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
    to revise the Articles of Confederation
  • A group of people who support the Constitution are known as?
    Federalists
  • What did the judges want the farmers to sell? Name two items.
    Land and livestock
  • In which building did the delegates meet for the Constitutional Convention?
    Independence Hall
  • Who helped create the Great Compromise?
    Roger Sherman
  • What did both plans have in common?
    three branches of government
  • Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
    George Washington
  • What did the farmers during Shays's Rebellion shut down?
    courthouse
  • What is a constitution?
    written plan of government
  • Who was the father of the Constitutional Convention?
    James Madison
  • Who was the oldest delegate?
    Benjamin Franklin
  • The Articles of Confederation was considered a "firm league of?
    friendship
  • Both plans were about what topic?
    representation
  • How many houses did the Virginia plan want?
    two
  • Which other major document was debated in the same building as those meeting to revise the Articles?
    Declaration of Independence
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