Articles of Confederation
How many states needed to agree to change the AOC?
13
_____ to add, _____ to change.
9 to add
13 to change
What was representation (number of votes in Congress) determined by in the Virginia Plan?
population size
Who supported ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
Which branches of government did the Constitution add?
Executive and Judicial
How many states needed to agree to add a law to the AOC?
9
The national government was in debt because the AOC did not allow Congress to _____ citizens.
tax
According to the New Jersey Plan, states would have _____ representation.
equal
Who did not support ratification of the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
What did Daniel Shays attack during the rebellion?
Which branch of government did the AOC create?
Legislative
Under the AOC, the government could make laws, but had no _____ branch to enforce the laws.
Executive
Southern states wanted to count their enslaved people toward the state population, but Northern states did not. Which compromise resolved this issue?
Three-Fifths Compromise
Who wanted a stronger national government?
Federalists
What event prompted the Constitutional Convention, making the Founding Fathers realize a change was needed to the written plan of government?
Shays' Rebellion
What form of government did the AOC create?
Confederation
Under the AOC, there was no _____ branch, so there were no national court systems to judge or interpret the laws passed by Congress.
Judicial
The Great Compromise created a _____ legislature, meaning there were two chambers in Congress.
bicameral
What was the name of the essays written in support of the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers
What form of government did the Constitution create?
federation
How many years was the AOC active for?
7
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not _____ men into the military, and had to rely on the states to volunteer soldiers.
draft
What are the names of the two chambers of Congress?
House of Representatives
Senate
What did the Federalists have to agree to in order for the Anti-Federalists to ratify the Constitution?
Add a bill of rights
What was the name of the meeting where the Founding Fathers discussed the new constitution?
The Constitutional Convention