Constitutional Cluases/ Compromises

States must recognize the validity of the acts, records, court decisions, etc of other states.

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Contracts Clause

• Bill of Attainder

• Elastic Clause

Federal law is supreme over state law.

• Contracts Clause

• Elastic Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

Congress can make any law they deem is "necessary and proper".

• Elastic Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Bill of Attainder

• Privileges and Immunities Clause

Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

• Congress was given two houses.

• A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

• Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

• A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Missouri Compromise

According to the Virginia Plan, Which states would gain more votes in congress?

• The Original 13 would get more votes than new states.

• States with large populations

• States that had a lot of territory.

According to the New Jersey Plan, Which states would gain more votes in congress?

• States would be represented equally by 2 representatives

• States with large populations

• States that had a lot of territory.

What is the result of the two plans proposed?

• Only the Virginia Plan is adopted in the new constitution

• Only the New Jersey Plan are adopted in the new government

• Both plans are combined into a bicameral congress.

This Clause forces states to recognize and honor court rulings of other states.

• The Elastic Clause

• The Full faith and Credit Clause

• The Supremacy Clause

• The Commerce Clause