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This called for Southern states to count as three-fifths of a person
Three-Fifths Compromise
What group of political leaders believed in a strong central government?
Who are the federalists?
What are the First Ten Amendments called
Bill Of Rights
Constitutional Convention of 1787
What was the name of the meeting that was sent to Independence to discuss amending the Articles of Confederation?
This allows for each branch of government to watch over each other to ensure that one branch does not become more powerful than the others
What are checks and balances?
In the first elections for president the person in 2nd or runner up place became this.
Who was the Vice President
Name the three branches of government
The legislative, executive and judicial
This compromise called for a two house legislature with the Senate being based on equal representation and the House of Representatives based on population
What was the Great Comprise?
What was the name of our country's first constitution?
Articles of Confederation
What is the highest law in the United States?
The Constitution
The Constitution is divided into 3 sections that describes each branch of government
What are articles?
This plan calls for representation based on population and favored larger states
What was the Virginia Plan?
How many representatives are in the Senate?
How many representatives are in the House of Representatives?
2 in Senate, the House of Representatives is based on population
Group of men who were against the Constitution because they felt people's basic rights were not protected
Who were the anti-federalists?
Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?
3 branches of government
This is one way that the federal government assists that one branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This plan favored small states that called for 1 representative
What was the New Jersey Plan?
What are the three branches of government created by the Constitution
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches
He was known as the "Father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
This means a "one house" legislature
What does unicameral mean?
Made Southern states happy because slaves were counted in the population as three fifths of a person
What was the Three Fifths Compromise?
Congress added ________ to the Constitution to give the people the power to make changes in the future.
Amendments
What is the first part of the Constitution called
Preamble
This occurred because of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and its inability to enforce taxing.
Shay's Rebellion