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A document that outlines the way the American government works
What is the United States Constitution?
This man spoke for six hours during the Constitutional Convention. He later strongly advocated for Federalism.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The Constitutional Convention occurred in this city.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
This plan argued that the number of representatives for each state should be based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This compromise took an idea from the Virginia Plan and an idea from the New Jersey Plan.
What was the Great Compromise?
What is the Legislative Branch?
The oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, he was carried in by prisoners from a nearby jail.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Alexander Hamilton wanted this city to be the center of the nation's banking system.
What is New York City?
This plan argued that each state should have the same number of representatives.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This compromise settled the question of whether enslaved people should count towards a state's population when figuring how many representatives they would get.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A system of ensuring no branch of the government can become too powerful by allowing them to have power over each other
What are Checks and Balances?
This man wrote the Virginia Plan and the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
Anti-Federalists feared the Constitution government would prevent America from navigating this territory.
What is the Mississippi territory?
This early American government system featured a weak national government and led to problems like debt and European encroachment.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
In this form of government, people elect representatives to make decisions for them.
What is a republic?
This body, which is at the top of the legislative branch of government, includes the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is Congress?
This man came up with the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
Who is Roger Sherman?
Shay's Rebellion, an insurrection of farmers who could not pay their bills with rapidly inflating paper money, occurred in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
What are the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial Branches?
If the Supreme Court finds a law _______, it can no longer be upheld.
What is "unconstitutional"?
The philosophy of having the national government and the states share power
What is Federalism?
This leader sits at the top of the executive branch of government. He or she must be at least 35 years old.
Who is the President of the United States of America?
This area still had British soldiers after the Revolutionary War because the Articles of Confederation government was too weak to get them out.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This list of ten amendments guarantees Americans freedom of religion, speech, and other rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In order for this to happen, 9 of 13 states had to vote in favor of the Constitution.
What is Ratification?