Key People
This man is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This plan favored large states and called for representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The document that the Constitutional Convention was originally meant to fix.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Number of branches created under the new Constitution.
What is three?
City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia?*
He chaired the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
This plan favored small states and called for equal representation for each state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The document that replaced the Articles created a stronger central government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The branch responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Total number of U.S. Senators today.
100
This delegate believed in a strong central government and helped write the Federalist Papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This compromise created a two-house legislature, one based on population and one with equal representation
What is the Great Compromise?
This document declared American independence in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This part of Congress is based on the state population.
What is the House of Representatives
The year the Constitutional Convention took place.
1787
This future U.S. president refused to attend the Convention, believing it had too much power.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This compromise decided how enslaved people would be counted in the population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This group of essays supported the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
Each state gets two of these, regardless of size.
What are Senators?
Term length for a House Representative
What is two years?
This man kept detailed notes of the convention and played a key role in shaping the new government
Who is James Madison?
This issue caused a heated debate but was left mostly unresolved in the Constitution.
What is slavery?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The branch that interprets laws and settles disputes.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Term length for a Senator.
What is six years?