FLASHCARD Constitutional Convention

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The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following?
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used only ideas from NJ Plan,
Postponed the conversation about slavery,
Added the Bill of Rights,
Created a two house legislature and combined the Virginia and NJ Plans together

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Created a two house legislature and combined the Virginia and NJ Plans together

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In what house of our national legislatures, does each state have equal representation? (each state gets 2 representatives)

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Senate

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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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What was America's first government document called? Why did it have to be changed?

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Articles of Confederation; it was too weak to work

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What does ratify mean?

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to approve

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The Constitutional Convention was convened (met) to...

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improve the Articles of Confederation and fix its weaknesses

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The Declaration of Independence accomplished what?

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announced we were no longer part of Britain, also left us with no government

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The image represents what resolution that happened at the Convention? It was a combination of the NJ Plan and the Virginia Plan.

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Great Compromise

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The North and South had to come to an agreement over slave population and representation.  It was called the ....

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

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government was too weak to control the 13 states