Origins of American Government

This plan called for representation in congress by population.

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• Texas Plan

This was an agreement that, in Congress, states be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House.

• The Magnificent Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The First Continental Congress

• The Electoral College

This group felt the constitution represented a too-powerful central government. They opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Whigs

• Democrats

Members of the government must obey the ________, which is another way of describing the concept of limited government.

• Bible

• Popular Vote

• Rule of Law

• Virginia Plan

The meeting of 55 delegates from 12 of 13 states in Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation with a stronger government was called what?

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Council of Philadelphia

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Council of Elrond

This group felt that the government under the U.S. Constitution would be too centralized and too powerful. Also, they complained there was a lack of a bill of rights.

• Rebels

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Patriots

The Second Continental Congress and the United States under the Articles of Confederation had only one chamber in its legislature. This is called a ___________________legislature.

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Tricycle

• Quadrangle

A(n) ____is one of the seven numbered sections of the Constitution.

• Article

• Amendment

• Index

• Tome

A(n) ____is a way to change the Constitution.

• Article

• Amendment

• Impeachment

• Federalist

The system of ____ helps keep one branch of government from dominating the actions of the others.

• Federalism

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

• Chutes and Ladders