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The famous meeting that created the Constitution
Constitutional Convention
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The government did not work well under the Articles of ____________
Confederation
This type of court is in charge of the judicial branch
Supreme
This plan wanted each state to have a different number of representatives based on the state's population.
The Virginia Plan
Federal
Name the branch of government that is in charge of making the laws
12
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
This plan wanted the number of representatives to be the same for each state
The New Jersey Plan
Agreement in which each side gives up a little.
Compromise
In this part of Congress, states are represented equally
Senate
The branch of government that is lead by the president
executive
The Constitution uses this to keep any one part of government from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
The Supreme Court is the highest court made up of how many justices?
9
Parts of the Constitution that that was added after it was written
amendments
James Madison
The branch of government that decides what is lawful.
Judicial
This resulted in dividing the legislative branch into the Senate and House of Representatives
The Great Compromise
The Checks and Balances System is also known as the _______________
The Bill of Rights guarantees what kind of trial?
fair
Bill of Rights
Ben Franklin
The first sentence of the Constitution is called the _____________
preamble
Who is your favorite teacher in the entire universe
MRS. THOMAS OF COURSE :)