Major Clash
To "ratify" a law or document means what?
To pass it, to make it officially law
Ex: The Yes vote of 9 out of 13 states were necessary to ratify the bill.
As the part of the compromise from the New Jersey plan, the _____ has equal representation, getting 2 representatives from each state.
What is the Senate
A Confederation is . . .
a group of individuals united together for a purpose
When the government has the constitution as its supreme law of the United States it is known as a _______ government.
What is constitutional
Federalists supported . . .
The constitution or a strong central government
What was the 3/5th Compromise?
What is the solution by Congress in which enslaved people would count as 3/5th of a person for representation (voting) and taxation.
Taxes on imported goods
What is tariff
Virginia
The Great Compromise created a two house legislature with the House of Representatives and the Senate. Having two houses is called what?
bicameral
What was the compromise between the NJ and VA plan known as? Explain it.
The CT or Great Compromise
bicameral, house was proportional representation and the senate was equal representation.
What are the 3 branches of government set up in the Constitution?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
What is the name for the people who were against the passing of the Constitution because they thought it gave the central government too much power?
Antifederalists
The president and vice president are elected indirectly through the _______, where the final vote takes place a month after the popular vote with members meeting in state capitals.
Electoral College
This group of people would advocate/support a system of government in which several states unite under one central authority (in this case, the Constitution).
What is Federalists
Article 5 talks about how to change the constitution. These changes or additions are called what?
amendments
Bill of Rights
What is one thing the Free Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise did?
Any of these:
- North would not interfere with slavery for 20 years
- The South would agree to let the national government regulate interstate and foreign trade/commerce
- The Fugitive Slave clause meant enslaved people who escaped to freedom were forced to be returned to their enslavers in the South.
What was the big event that happened during the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787?
What is when the Founding Fathers gathered to write the Constitution.
The States wanting to have their needs met and communicated is an example of...(think vocab)
What is equal representation?