Unit 2 Terms

The plan from the constitutional Convention, which favored large states and wanted representation in Congress to be based upon a state’s population.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Georgia Plan

The first document governing the U.S., but was replaced because it produced a government that was too weak to maintain the stability of the Union.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Mayflower Compact

Those who supported the new U.S. Constitution because they wanted a stronger national government.

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Democratic Republicans

• Republicans

the legal case that involved the Supreme Court determining that a previous congressional act was unconstitutional, thereby reinforcing and enlarging the Court’s power of judicial review.

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Schenck v. United States

The addition to the U.S. Constitution, which was a reason for many Anti Federalists deciding to accept the new Constitution and government.

• The US Bill of Rights

• The ⅗ Compromise

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Plan

The colonial document that utilized enlightenment ideas to state abolishment of an imperial power.

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

The Agreement at the Constitutional Convention, which proposed a two-house congress, with the House of Representatives being based upon a state’s population and the Senate being the same for each state.

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• ⅗ Compromise

The agreement at the Constitutional Convention, which settled the population and representation debate regarding slaves counting toward a state’s population.

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• ⅗ Compromise

The 85 essays that were written in support of the new U.S. Constitution, primarily sent out in New York newspapers.

• The Federalist Papers

• The Antifederalists Papers

• The Common Sense Papers

• The Jefferson Papers

The plan from the Constitutional Convention, which favored small states and wanted representation in congress to be the same for all states.

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• ⅗ Compromise