American Government Standard #3 Constitutional Convention

George Washington was

• the oldest at the Constitutional Convention

• the President of the Constitutional Convention

• the Father of the Constitution

• the youngest at the Constitutional Convention

James Madison was

• the President of the Constitutional Convention

• the oldest at the Constitutional Convention

• the Father of the Constitution

• the youngest at the Constitutional Convention

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to

• throw out the Articles of Confederation and start over

• prepare to fight another war with England

• discuss moving out west and establishing new states

• revise the Articles of Confederation

Bicameral means

• one house of government - a legislature made up of one representative body

• two houses of government - a legislature made up of two representative bodies

• three houses of government

The Great Compromise included

• one house of Congress based on population

• two houses of Congress one based on population & one equality

• one house of Congress based on equality

• None of the above

When the South counted a portion of the slave population toward Representation and Taxation

• Commerce Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

The three branches of government have different and specified powers according to the U.S. Constitution

• limited government

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• popular sovereignty

The separation of powers between a national government and a state government (or smaller government)

• rule of law

• separation of powers

• limited government

• federalism

When one branch of the government can check or limit the other two so that no one branch has all the power

• checks and balances

• rule of law

• separation of powers

• limited government

When government and it officials are not above the law

• limited government

• rule of law

• federalism

• popular sovereignty