Vocabulary
What is the definition of the word ordinance?
Rules or laws
What was the nation's first plan of government called?
The Articles of Confederation.
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
What was the Great Compromise?
It created a two-house Congress (House and Senate)
What do we call the division of power between the national and state governments?
Federalism
What is the definition of ratify?
to approve or change.
Under the Articles, which level of government had the most power?
The state governments.
What year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
1787
What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise deal with?
Counting enslaved people for representation and taxation.
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Federalism
wanting national, state, and local governments to share equal power.
What was one major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
The national government could not tax or enforce laws.
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Who proposed the Great Compromise?
Rodger Sherman
What principle means each other can check the power of the others?
Checks and Balances
Slave Importation Clause
a law stating that Congress could not ban the importation of slaves for 20 years.
What event showed the Articles were too weak ad needed change?
Shay's Rebellion
Which state did not send delegates to the convention?
Rhode Island
The Slave Trade Compromise could not ban the slave trade for how many years?
20 years
What is "popular sovereignty"?
The idea that government gets its power from the people.
Federalists
Those who supported the Constitution as it was written.
How many states at the time had to agree to make changes to the Articles?
All 13 states at the time.
What was the original purpose of the convention before writing the constitution?
To revise the Articles of Confederation.
What was the New Jersey Plan's main idea?
What is separation of powers?
Dividing government into three branches with different powers.