New Nation Vocabulary

Amendment

• A change or improvement.

• A person who opposed the passage of the U.S. Constitution.

• A situation when groups on each side of an issue give in a little to reach an agreement.

Three-fifths Compromise

• A plan giving each state the same number of representatives.

• Counting only some enslaved people as part of a slave's population.

• A meeting where delegates came up with the Constitution.

Anti-federalist

• Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect citizens' basic rights.

• A representative.

• A person who opposed the passage of the U.S. Constitution.

Great Compromise

• A plan that split Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• A plan giving states with more people more representatives.

• To refuse to approve something.

Bill of Rights

• The branch of government that carries out the laws; the United States President and his or her administration.

• A law.

• Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect citizens' rights.

New Jersey Plan

• A plan giving each state the same number of representatives.

• A meeting where delegates came up with the Constitution.

• The introduction to the U.S. Constitution.

Compromise

• A representative.

• A situation when groups on each side of an issue give in a little to reach an agreement.

• A steady rise in prices that occurs as money loses value and things cost more.

Virginia Plan

• A law.

• The branch of government that makes the laws; the U.S. Congress.

• A plan giving states with more people more representatives.

Constitution

• A written plan for government that describes the principles and organization of a nation.

• A representative.

• To approve.

Constitutional Convention

• The introduction to the U.S. Constitution.

• A meeting where delegates came up with the Constitution.

• The branch of government that interprets the laws; the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts.