The number of branches of government in the Articles of Confederation
What is one?
100
The original purpose of the Convention was to revise what document?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
Under the great Compromise , how many parts would the legislative branch be broken up into?
What is 2?
100
The name for when the President does not approve a bill.
What is a veto?
100
The number of Amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
200
A weakness in the Articles of Confederation was that the government could not collect ______ from the states.
What is taxes?
200
He was the leader of the Constitutional convention.
What is George Washington?
200
Name the two parts of the legislative branch.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
200
In the Preamble, one of the reason's the Constitution was written was to protect people's ___________.
What is liberty?
200
The name of the group in favor of the Constitution and a strong national government.
What is the Federalists?
300
This farmer led a revolt against high taxes in Massachusetts
What is Daniel Shays?
300
This plan proposed splitting the national government into 3 branches and the number of representatives sent to the legislative branch would depend on the size of the population of the state.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
The part of the legislative branch better matches the New Jersey Plan
What is the Senate?
300
The groups in charge of ratifying the Constitution
What is the states?
300
The group of men were unhappy with the Constitution.
What is the Anti-Federalists?
400
The national government under the Articles of Confederation was called the Articles of Confederation ______.
What is Congress?
400
This proposal called for three branches of government and an equal number of representatives sent to the legislative branch from each state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
The number of Senators are sent from each state
What is 2?
400
The number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
400
The Federalists were essays written in support of the Constitution. Name 2 of the 3 main authors.
What is Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
500
For a national law to pass under the Articles of Confederation, how many states would have to vote for it?
What is 9?
500
He suggested the Great Compromise.
What is Roger Sherman?
500
The name of the compromise that determined how slaves would be counted into the population.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
500
A synonym for the national government. It's a vocabulary word.
What is federal government?
500
After Congress promised to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution, many states.....