4.06 Federalist and Anti-Federalist

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How did the Great Compromise solve the issue of representation in Congress?

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It made certain that the House of Representatives based their number of representatives on population, and the Senate had an equal number of representatives from each state.

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What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?

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It determined that an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person.

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How did the Virginia Plan attempt to solve the issue of representation? Options: It split Congress into two houses, one based on population and gave states equal representation, It based the number of representatives in both houses in Congress on the population of the state., It counted an enslaved person as 3/5ths of a person when figuring out state representation, It gave each state one representative in Congress.

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It based the number of representatives in both houses in Congress on the population of the state.

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How did George Washington influence the creation of the Constitution?

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He was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.

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How did James Madison influence the creation of the Constitution?

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He acted as "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote much of it.

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How did Roger Sherman influence the creation of the Constitution?

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He created the Great Compromise.

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What did the Federalists believe about the Constitution?

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The Constitution would provide a system of checks and balances.

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What did the Anti-Federalists believe about the Constitution?

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The Constitution would result in a lack of rights.

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How did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists view the Constitution differently?

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Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary, while Anti-Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was needed to protect citizens.

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How did the states ratify the Constitution?

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9 of 13 states agreed to it.