Articles of Catastrophe
the main purpose of the Articles of Confederation
What is to create the first government of the United States after independence
the name of the compromise that combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
what is The Great Compromise.
the introduction to the Constitution is called
what is The Preamble?
the two houses of Congress
What are The Senate and the House of Representatives.
Name two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
what is It couldn’t tax, no national army, or no executive branch, no uniformed currency
This plan wanted representation based on population
What is The Virginia Plan?
the head of the Executive Branch
Who is the president?
the amount of senators each state has
what is two?
the event that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and pushed for change?
What is Shays Rebellion?
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
What is Counting three-fifths of enslaved people toward state populations
the three words that start the Constitution
what is "We the people"?
the number of representatives per state in the House determined by
what is By the state’s population.
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state have in Congress
what is One vote per state?
What did the New Jersey Plan propose for representation in Congress?
what is Equal representation for each state?
The gathering of the founding fathers to create a new set of laws after the articles, and the location of this meeting.
What is the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
the highest level of the Judicial Branch
what is the Supreme Court?
Why was it difficult to pass laws under the Articles of Confederation?
What is Nine out of thirteen states had to approve laws?
What type of legislature did the Great Compromise create, and how did it work?
What is A bicameral legislature with one house based on population (House of Representatives) and one with equal representation (Senate)?
Why did the framers create three branches of government?
What is To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful—checks and balances?
A location that attracted settlers for their natural resources and abundance of animals
What is the Ohio river valley?