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What does Ratification mean?
To confirm
What does Legislature mean?
Law-Maker
What does compromise mean?
An agreement between 2 sides
What does Bicameral mean?
Two Chambers
What can the government be called?
Federal Central National
What replaced the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitution (1787)
What was the meeting that put in place The Constitution?
The Constitutional Convention
Who wrote The Constitution?
James Madison
What is the Virginia Plan?
Big states wanted their votes to be based on population
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Small States did not want votes based on population
What did Henry Clay do?
Came up with The Great Compromise
Who support the Big States
House of Representatives
Who supports the Small States?
The senate
What does Bicameral Legislature is also known as?
Congress
Southern states
Wanted to count slaves as population
Northern States
Did not want to count slaves as population
How did states count each slave?
3/5ths of an person
What did slaves count toward?
Representation and taxation
Why are the South States happy?
Increasing political power
Why are the North States happy?
Limit on Southern power and taxes paid