Constitutional Convention

How was the national government organized under the Virginia Plan

• called for a one house legislature with equal representation for all states

• It called for a King and a congress

• It called for three branches of government and representation based on state population.

• States remained powerful with a small congress with 1 individual per state

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia plan

• The new jersey plan

• A blending the Virginia and New Jersey Plan

• Plan calling for both strong state and federal governments

Legislature under the new Constitution became what?

• Agreement

• Bicameral

• No taxes

• Free states

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 

• The ability of Congress to tax.
• The inability of Congress to tax.
• The ability of Congress to declare war.
• The ability of Congress to create courts.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 4

Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution?

• loyalists and revolutionaries
• Federalists and Anti-federalists
• Democratic Party and Whig Party
• executive and judicial branch

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

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