Constitutional Facts!

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The Virginia Plan proposed

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a legislature with representation based on population.

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The New Jersey Plan proposed...

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a legislature with equal representatives for each state.

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Which item is something that was NOT in the Great Compromise? A Bicameral Legislature, Number of representatives based on state population in the House of Representatives, Number of representatives equal from each state in the Senate.

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A central government that is weaker than the state governments.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise that counted three-fifths of a state's slave population towards representation in the House of Representatives.

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counted three-fifths of a state's slave population towards representation in the House of Representatives.

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Popular Sovereignty is...

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the idea that political authority belongs to the people.

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The three branches of government are ________________

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Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

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Which branch of government has two houses?

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Legislative

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This is the term used to describe the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.

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Federalism

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Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the United States was governed by which document? Options: Magna Carta, Articles of Confederation, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence

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Articles of Confederation

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Southern States benefited from the Three-Fifths Compromise because-

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they had large populations of slaves