Review 1
Under the Articles of Confederation ____________ out of 13 states had to agree to pass any laws.
What is 9 states?
____________________ is on the 10 dollar bill.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This person signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Who is James Madison?
The amount of states in the United States during this time period.
What is 13 states?
The two plans that the Great Compromise bridged together
What is the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
Delegates who wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and states were called _________________.
What are federalists?
Delegates who favored a weaker federal government that gave more power to the states and the people were called _________________________.
_____________________ served as George Washington's first secretary of state, John Adam's vice president, and as president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
____________________ was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention and is often called the "father of our country".
Who is George Washington?
The document Congress created to provide written rules for how the states "league of friendship" would be organized.
What is the Articles of Confederation
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The greatest challenges faced at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
What is dividing the power between state and federal government?
The Articles of Confederation were not effective because of these reasons.
What is it did not create a strong enough central or federal government, so there was confusion, competition, and conflict among the states?
Roger Sherman proposed to Congress these things in the Great Compromise
What is that Congress be made up of two houses, the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate would have 2 representatives per state and the House of Representatives would base the number of representatives on a states population?
Explain who you found interesting to learn about in this article and give two reasons why they were interesting to you.
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