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The right to be governed would be shared by the ________ government and the ______ government.
National, state
Wanted to divide power between parts of the federal government and hoped to avoid giving too much power to any one person.
Federalists
From the beginning of the conference, the delegates knew that they had to write a whole new ________.
Constitution
The branch of government that makes laws; the U.S. Congress
Legislative Branch
Congress consists of two houses: the ______________ and the __________.
House of Representatives, Senate
As a result of Congress passing a land ordinance, or set of laws, western lands were divided into squares called ________.
Townships
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
President
The Constitution created a ________ system in which the powers of government are divided.
Federal
Who proposed the Great Compromise?
Roger Sherman
The __________ branch decides if laws, once made and carried out, are working.
Judicial
The highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
Supreme Court
The ______ combined the Virginia Plan, which favored the larger states and the New Jersey plan, which favored the smaller states.
Great Compromise
A __________ was held for the delegates to vote for or against the Constitution.
Convention
There are _______ branches of government.
Three
__________ was elected to lead the convention.
George Washington
The number of representatives in the House for each state is based on that state's ____________.
Population
In May ______, delegates from each state, except Rhode Island, met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with the Articles of Confederation.
1787
States had to _______, or approve, the Constitution before it could go into effect.
Ratify
The ____________ sets limits on the U.S government and protects the basic rights of all U.S citizens. (The ten amendments)
Bill of Rights
The _______________ was the first written document to establish a United States government.
Articles of Confederation
The _______ branch carries out the laws that Congress makes.
Executive
Eventually, members of ________ decided to hold a conference to change the Articles of Confederation.
Congress
He led groups of farmers attacking a state arsenal. However the Massachusetts government easily stopped ____________.
Shays's Rebellion
Each state has two _________.
Senators
What did Anti-federalists fear?
The Constitution giving too much power to the federal government.