5.2 Drafting the Constitution

What is the name of the series of protests in 1786-87 by American farmers concerning debt and foreclosure?

• American rebellion
• Dorr Rebellion
• Shays Rebellion
• Whiskey Rebellion

The Constitution replaced the ______ as the governing document of the country.

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Articles of Confederation

Identify the meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, but the delegates ended up drafting the constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

What was the Virginia Plan comprised of

• Proposal by James Madison, and supported by large states. Gave more power to the federal government and Included creating a bicameral legislature and each states amount of representatives based on population.

• Proposal supported by many small states. Deprived the federal government of many powers. One of the principles was keeping the representatives to congress equal for each state and keeping the bicameral legislature.

• Proposal to keep the Articles of Confederation exactly as they were.

• Proposal supported by many small states. Gave more power to the federal government but most principles of the Articles of Confederation remained. One of the principles was keeping the representatives to congress equal for each state and keeping the unicameral legislature.

What was the New Jersey Plan?

• Proposal by James Madison, and supported by many large states. Gave more power to the federal government and Included creating a bicameral legislature and each states amount of representatives based on population.

• Proposal supported by many small states. Gave more power to the federal government but most principles of the Articles of Confederation remained. One of the principles was keeping the representatives to congress equal for each state and keeping the unicameral legislature

• Proposal supported by many small states. Deprived the federal government of many powers. One of the principles was keeping the representatives to congress equal for each state and keeping the bicameral legislature.

• Proposal to keep the Articles of Confederation exactly as they were.

What is the Great Compromise?

• Was the compromise between the Indians and the Americans on distributing the land in the west

• also known as Connecticut Compromise, was led by Roger Sherman of Connecticut, was a compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans. The Senate would represent every state with 2 senators regardless of size while the House of Representatives would be represented by population, leaving bigger states more power.

• The political party that supported the Constitution

• A compromise between Britain, France, and the U.S to remain neutral towards each other

Final agreement that settled debate as to whether slaves should be counted as part of a state's population to determine representation. (5.2)

• Three-Fourths Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• One-Percent Compromise

The Great Compromise called for a House of Representatives (based on population) and a Senate (2 per state) which is called-

• bicameral

• unicameral

• one camel

• Three camels

There are fifty states today. How many members are there in the U.S. Senate?

• 50

• 100

• 435

branch of government that passes laws

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• legislative branch