Articles of Confederation
This type of Legislature under the Articles had only one chamber
Unicameral Legislature
Delegates originally met to change what document?
AoC
The Virginia Plan proposed this type of two‑house legislature.
What is a bicameral legislature.
The Great Compromise solved this conflict between large and small states.
Answer: What is representation in Congress.
Who was the first state to rafity consitution?
Deleware
States intentionally created a weak national government because they feared this type of rule.
Strong Central government
James Madison
Representation under the Virginia Plan was based on this.
The Great Compromise created a Congress with this structure.
Answer: What is a bicameral legislature (House + Senate)
Washington set this precedent by refusing to take sides in the war between Britain and France.
Answer: What is neutrality?
Congress lacked this essential financial power, making it nearly impossible to fund the government.
Power to Tax
Delegates kept their discussions secret to encourage this type of honest debate.
What is free and open discussion without public pressure?
The New Jersey Plan appealed to small states because it guaranteed this type of representation.
Equal representation
The Three‑Fifths Compromise addressed how to count this group for representation.
What are slaves
Washington personally led troops to suppress this 1794 uprising against a federal tax.
Answer: What is the Whiskey Rebellion.
Amending the Constitution was almost impossible because it required a certain level of approval to change
13/13 or unanimous
These two groups emerged after the convention eneded
What are the Federalist and Anti-Federalist
Both plans agreed on what idea?
three branches
Delegates agreed that Congress could not ban the slave trade until this year.
Answer: What is 1808.
Washington created a cabinet to help him manage this.
Answer: What is the executive branch/responsibilities of the presidency?
This man led a rebellion that convinced other states to meet over the articles
Daniel Shay
Some delegates refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked these protections for individual freedoms.
What is a Bill of Rights.
Alexander Hamilton proposed an executive who would serve for an unusually long type of term.
Answer: What is a life term (or very long term).
The Electoral College was created because delegates distrusted this method of choosing the president.
What is direct popular vote.
Washington’s decision to step down voluntarily reinforced this republican ideal about leadership and power.
Answer: What is the peaceful transfer of power.