Delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Two leaders were not at the Constitutional Convention are _________________ and _______________________.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
The man the delegates chose to preside over the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
The name of the plan that combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and satisfied the states was called the ______________________________.
Great Compromise
_____________________________ was a plan that allowed every five enslaved persons to count as three free persons
Three-Fifths Compromise
This process is the Executive Branch's check on the Legislative Branch.
Veto
This Article created the Judicial Branch
Article III
The state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention? (It was also the last to ratify it).
Rhode Island
The city and state the delegates decide to have the Constitutional Convention?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Of the three branches of government, the ____________ branch makes the laws.
Legislative branch?
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
Electoral College
This means "the people rule."
Popular Sovereignty
Article VII outlines what process?
Ratification.
The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Benjamin Franklin
The delegates at the convention agreed to keep all discussions ________________.
Private or Secret.
The ___________________________ by James Madison that called for the states to have representation in the legislature based on population.
Virginia Plan
The ninth state to ratify the Constitution on June 21, 1788.
New Hampshire
This concept was founded by Baron de Montesquieu.
Separation of Powers.
This Article outlines the Amendment process.
Article V
The delegate who kept a notebook of daily events at the Constitutional Convention and later wrote the Virginia Plan.
James Madison
All decisions at the Constitutional Convention were made by ________________.
Majority Rule
Of the three branches of government, the ______________ branch interprets the laws.
Judicial branch
Aside from Alexander Hamilton, name the other two authors of the Federalist Papers.
John Jay and James Madison.
A system of government where power is divided between the national government and the states.
Federalism
Article VI of the Constitution outlines that _____________________________.
The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land (Supremacy Clause)
These two revolutionaries were not invited to the Constitutional Convention.
Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
According to the rules of conducting the convention, how many states had to have delegates present for meeting to be held?
Seven (also called a quorum).
Who created the concepts and ideas behind the New Jersey Plan?
William Paterson
The name of the person who created the Great Compromise.
Roger Sherman
The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws is called _________________________.
Judicial Review
Article IV outlines what?
The relationship between the states and the federal government.