Constitutional Convention and Ratification of Constitution

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Which group supported adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

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Anti-federalist

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Alexander Hamilton was a primary member of this group.

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Federalist

Front

Who believed that the States should have more power than a National Government?

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Anti-federalist

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Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

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James Madison

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Federalists were ____ the Bill of Rights.  Anti-Federalists were _____ the Bill of Rights.

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against/for

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This plan for government was favored by large states because representation in Congress was based on population.

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the Virginia Plan

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The Great Compromise called for a two-part legislative branch: House of Representatives and a Senate which is called-

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bicameral

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What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? Options: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights

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The Constitution

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Which states benefited the most from the Three-Fifths Compromise? Options: Eastern States, Northern States, Southern States, Western States

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Southern States

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In what house of Congress does each state have equal representation?

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Senate