The Problem
The Constitutional Convention took place in this year
What is 1787?
This plan favored large states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The Great Compromise created this type of legislature.
What is a bicameral legislature?
This delegate is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Large and small states disagreed over this issue.
What is representation?
This plan favored small states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This part of Congress gives equal representation.
What is the Senate?
This delegate helped create the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
This part of Congress is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The Articles of Confederation failed partly because of this weakness.
Answer: What is a weak central government?
The Virginia Plan proposed this number of houses in Congress.
What is two (bicameral)?
Each state has this number of senators.
Answer: What is two?
This group met to fix the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This compromise helped balance power between these two groups.
What are large states and small states?
Without compromise, the convention risked this outcome.
What is failure or collapse?
The New Jersey Plan proposed representation based on this.
What is equal representation (one vote per state)?
The Great Compromise combined these two plans.
What are the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
This state did Roger Sherman represent?
What is Connecticut?
This system prevents one group from gaining too much power.
What is checks and balances?
Explain why large states supported the Virginia Plan.
What is they wanted more representation based on population?
Explain why small states supported the New Jersey Plan.
What is they wanted equal representation to protect their power?
Name BOTH parts of Congress created by the Great Compromise.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This role did James Madison play in the convention.
What is he proposed the Virginia Plan and took notes?
Explain how the Great Compromise is still used today.
What is it determines how Congress is structured today?