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The Great Compromise
US constituation
Bill of Rights
The articles of Confederation
Amendments
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Representatives in the House of Representatives are chosen by:
Population
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What are the three branches of government named in the Constitution?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
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What historic document is the Bill of Rights a part of?
The Constitution
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The Articles Of Confederation were
The first Constitution of the United States
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What is the 1st Amendment?
Protects the 5 basic freedoms: religion,speech, press, petition, and assembly
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How many houses did the Virginia plan have? How is the number of congressmen determined?
2 houses and the number of congressmen was determined by population
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Where did the Constitutional Convention meet in 1787?
Philadelphia
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Who wrote the amendments that became the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
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The articles of the Confederation did not establish
Courts
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No Double Jeopardy (can't be tried twice for the same crime). Due process of the law- everyone gets a fair trail, is what amendment?
The 5th Amendment
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Who presented the Virginia Plan?
Edmund Randolph
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How many members of the Constitutional Convention had been members of the Continental Congress?
Forty, and two others were later members.
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How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?
The First 10
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Who was the first President of the United States under the Articles Of Confederation
John Hanson
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What amendment Allowed everyone 18 years or older to vote?
The 26th amendment
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What plan was supported by the small states
The New Jersey Plan.
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Who was called the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison, of Virginia, because in point of erudition and actual contributions to the formation of the Constitution he was preeminent.
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When was the bill of rights ratified?
December 15, 1791
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How many presidents served under the Articles of Confederation?
Eight
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What amendment Ended Slavery ?
The 3rd amendment
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By how much did Southern representation in Congress increase between 1782 and 1790, thanks to the Compromise?
38%
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How many of the 13 states had to ratify the Constitution
9 states
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When was the Bill of Rights passed by the Congress
September 25, 1789
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The Articles of COnfederation were ratified
During the American Revolution
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What is the 19th Amendment?
To Allowed women to vote