Constitutional Convention

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

What does ratification mean?

• To deny
• to ask for
• to demand
• to approve

The Constitutional Convention was convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.

-Feared a strong central government.  Believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution.  opponents of the Constitution.  All describe-

• democrats
• anti-federalists
• federalists
• small states

The Constitutional Convention took place-

• 1781
• 1787
• 776
• 1783

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise
• One-Third Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Compromise

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

• it created an executive branch
• government was took weak to manage state relations
• it created a powerful army
• it created a judicial branch

Supported the Constitution.  favored stronger central government.  Wanted weaker state government.  All describe

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• demigods
• Senate