Gov review p2

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Delegates gathered in Philadelphia in May of 1787 to do what? Options: Revise the articles of confederation, write an entirely brand new plan for government, encourage states to support the Confederal Congress, frame a new constitution

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Revise the articles of confederation

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The group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention and ended up writing the Constitution were called the ___________ of the Constitution.

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Framers

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Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

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Representation in the legislature would be based on population.

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Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states?

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States would be represented equally in the Senate.

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According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, three-fifths of a state's slave population would be

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counted when determining representation in Congress

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What ideal did the Anti-federalists find the Constitution lacked? Options: individual rights, representative government, social contract, economic freedom

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individual rights

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What is the name of the Compromise where Congress had agreed to have two houses in the legislature?

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Connecticut compromise

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What is the name of the compromise where all free people would be counted and then all other people would be tallied by a percentage?

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Three fifths compromise

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What is one reason the Constitution has endured for more than two hundred years?

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Changing ideas of liberty can be incorporated by amendments.

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The duties of governing are divided among three branches under the principle of?

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Separation of Powers