Constitutional Convention of 1787

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• General Assembly

• House of Commons

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following?

• Created a one house legislature

• Postponed the conversation about slavery

• Added the Bill of Rights

• Created a two house legislature

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

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government

• weak government

• strong central government

• legslature

What does ratification mean?

• To deny

• to ask for

• to demand

• to approve

The Constitutional Convention was convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.

• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.

• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.

• improve the Articles of Confederation.

-Feared a strong central government. Believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution. opponents of the Constitution. All describe-

• democrats

• anti-federalists

• federalists

• small states

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise

• One-Third Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Compromise

The image represents-

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• A line at McDonalds

• People without an Iphone

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

• it created an executive branch

• government was took weak to manage state relations

• it created a powerful army

• it created a judicial branch