Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Compromises
Political Parties
Ratification
100
What are the Articles of Confederation in one word?
What is a Document.
100
What state chooses not to go to the Convention?
What is Rhode Island.
100
What are the names of the two plans that were proposed?
What is the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
100
What is the political party that supports the Constitution?
Who are the Federalists.
100
What is the definition of the word ratify?
What is Approval.
200
Who has the most power in the Articles of Confederation?
What are the states.
200
Where was the meeting held?
What is Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
200
What are the names of the two houses in the Great Compromise?
What are the Senate and House of Representatives.
200
What is the political party that is against the Constitution?
Who are the Anti-Federalists.
200
What is the number of states needed to ratify the Constitution?
What is 9.
300
Why are the states given the most power?
What is they are scared of being ruled by someone like King George.
300
What do all of the people at the convention have in common?
What is they are white men, white wigs, and rich.
300
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
What is how rhw slaves are counted in the population.
300
What is one thing that the Federalists want?
What is a bill of rights.
300
What is added to get the last four states to ratify the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights.
400
Do the Articles of Confederation pass or fail?
What is both - Passes first then they fail.
400
What is the purpose of the meeting?
What is they are unsure but they want to protect people's rights and change the Articles or make a new government.
400
What is the Great Compromise?
What are the 3 Branches, 2 houses - one based on population and one for one vote per state.
400
What kind of branches do the Federalists want?
What is Equal.
400
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
What is to give people's rights.
500
What are two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
What is they cannot enforce laws, all 13 states must agree, cannot change taxes, and unequal trade.
500
What is George Washington's title at the convention and why was he chosen for it?
What is the President of the Convention, everyone voted for him.
500
What are the three branches needed in the Great Compromise?
What are the Executive, Legislative, Judicial branches.
500
What is the main difference between the Federalists beliefs and the Anti-Federalist beliefs?
What is the Bill of Rights, equal branches and Legislative branch having more power, state more power and equal between the two.
500
What two examples of amendments found in the Bill of Rights?
What are many answers #1-10.
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