Confederation 2 Constitution Review

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Federalism is defined as

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Government power is divided between the (Federal) national government and state governments

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After the Revolutionary War ended, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over the competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This conflict was addressed by the

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Northwest Ordinance

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What were supporters of the new Constitution called?

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Federalists

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How was the legislature structured under the Virginia Plan?

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2 houses with representatives based on the states population

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How was the legislature structured under the New Jersey Plan?

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1 house legislature with a fixed one vote per state

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The Three-Fifths Compromise solved disagreements over

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representation and taxation of slave states

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After the Constitutional Convention, Federalists supported a: strong federal republic, bill of rights added to the Constitution, weak president under Congress' control, greater role for the states in the government

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strong federal republic

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What change did George Mason and other Anti-Federalists want made to the Constitution?

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They wanted more protection of individual rights.

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Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech, press, assembly, and petition.

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1st Amendment

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Which of the following is necessary to propose a new amendment to the Constitution? Options: approval by a popular vote held in every state, approval by two thirds of the House and Senate, approval by three quarters of the House and Senate, approval by the legislatures in at least three fourths of the states

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approval by two thirds of the House and Senate