Delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Rules at the Constitutional Convention
Two Plans at the Constitutional Convention
Other Compromises at the Constitutional Convention
Ratifying the Constitution
100
Two leaders were not at the Constitutional Convention.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
100
The delegates at the convention agreed to keep all discussions ________________.
What is secret?
100
Of the three branches of government, the ______________ branch interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
100
A way of resolving disagreements in which each side gives up something but gains something else.
What is a compromise?
100
The people who supported the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
200
The state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
200
According to the rules of conducting the convention, how many states had to have delegates present for meeting to be held?
What is seven?
200
Of the three branches of government, the ____________ branch makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
200
was a plan that allowed every five enslaved persons to count as three free persons
What is the Three Fifths Compromise?
200
The people who did not support the Constitution because it gave too much power to the federal government.
Who are the AntiFederalists?
300
The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
The city and state the delegates decide to have the Constitutional Convention?
Where is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
300
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
What is the Electoral College?
300
A system of government where power is divided between the national government and the states.
What is federalism.
400
The delegate who kept a notebook of daily events at the Constitutional Convention and later wrote the Virginia Plan.
Who is James Madison
400
All decisions at the Constitutional Convention were made by ________________ rule.
What is majority?
400
The ___________________________ by James Madison that called for the states to have representation in the legislature based on population.
What is Virginia Plan?
400
The Great Compromise created a two house legislature; a Senate and
What is the House of Representatives?
400
The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because it did not provide a
What is a bill of rights?
500
Eight of the delegates signed this document that declared the colonies independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The man the delegates chose to preside over the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
500
The _____________________ by William Paterson called for the states to have equal representation in the legislature.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
500
Roger Sherman’s plan that combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and satisfied the states was called the
What is the Great Compromise?
500
The ninth state to ratify the Constitution on June 21, 1788.
What is New Hampshire?
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