Chapter 5 - Constitution

Under the "Articles of Confederation" Congress was ____________________.

• one of many branches of our national government
• not any part of our national government
• the single branch of our national government, but had limited powers to protect the liberties of the people
• the single branch of our national government, and had complete power over the people

_________________ called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature.  The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, and thus an equal voice, in the federal government.

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Great Compromise
• Constituional Convention

Popular Sovereignty is __________________.

• the idea that political authority belongs to Congress
• the idea that political authority belongs to whoever is most popular among the people
• the idea that political authority belongs to the people
• the idea that political authority belongs to only those who own slaves

These supporters of the Constitution were mostly made up of wealthy planters, farmers, and lawyers.

• Federalists
• Antifederalists
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

What issue divided the northern states and the southern states? It was decided that Congress would not interfere in this issue until at least 1808.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Inflation
• Taxes
• Slavery

Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count when determining representation.

• Half and Half Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• The Great Compromise
• The Slave Compromise

These people who opposed the Constitution believed that it gave too much power to the central government.  They were mainly small farmers and debtors. 

• Federalists
• Antifederalists
• Democrats
• Democrats

This was held in May of 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation.

• Constitutional Convention
• Great Compromise
• Declaration of Independence
• Inaugural Convention

This plan, proposed by Roger Sherman, gave the legislative branch two houses. Each state would have two representatives in the Senate and the number of representatives in the House of Representatives would be determined by population.

• Great Alaskan Shootout
• Great Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Sherman's Compromise

This plan proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government.

• New Jersey Plan
• Great Compromise
• Shay's Rebellion
• Virginia Plan