Constitutional Convention Vocab

This is an agreement that's reached by two or more parties giving up something in order to gain something.

• convention
• compromise
• constitution
• constipation

The national Social Studies teachers Convention is in San Francisco this year.  A convention is what?

• a surgical procedure
• a small informal gathering
• a formal meeting
• a party

This compromise dealt with the issue of how states would be represented in Congress.

• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths compromise
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

Congress has the power to approve the President's Supreme Court appointments.  This is an example of what?

• Separation of Power
• Checks and Balances
• Constitutionality
• Federalism

Though not everyone agrees on using this, this group of people decide who will be our next president.

• Congress
• Voters
• Electoral College
• Supreme Court

This is a form of government where the people elect others to represent them in government.

• direct democracy
• democracy
• representative democracy
• dictatorship

This compromise stated that slaves could count as 3/5s of a free person towards a state's population.

• Three-fifths Compromise
• Two-thirds Compromise
• Three-fourths compromise
• Stupid compromise

These are rights you are born with.

• Natural Rights
• Birth Rights
• Life Rights
• Government rights

The division of power between the state and central government

• democracy
• federalism
• dictatorship
• nationalism

When making laws, the laws should benefit the majority of the people- not just one group.

• Common Good
• civil rights
• natural rights
• democracy