Confederation to Constitution CH.8 2 and 3

What was the name of the meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787, that led the formation of our current government?

• The Governmental Convention

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Great Convention

• The Federalists Convention

The term that has been given to the men that created our Constitution is

• Founding Fathers/ Framers

• The Government Leads

• The Chiefs of Nations

• The Philadelphia Steelers

What was one key characteristic of the Virginia Plan?

• It proposed 3 branches of government

• It proposed that the legislative branch have 2 house ( 2 groups)

• It proposed that a state's population be used to determine the number of representatives in the Legislature

• All of the above

The plan for government that favored the small states by proposing equal representation in the legislature (law making body of the government) was called the ___________

• The Best Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• The Hamilton Plan

The deal that created a legislature ( law making body) with 2 houses, one based on population and one with an equal number of representatives in known as ____________

• The Washington Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Constitutional Compromise

• None of the above

A principle of the Constitution that creates a system of government where power is shared among states and a central government, known also a Federal Government, is called_________________

• Federalism

• Communism

• Popular Sovereignty

• None of the above

True or False: Those that supported the ratification (approval of the Constitution ) were known as Constitutionalists

• True

• False

Which is NOT true about Anti-federalists?

• Feared that a strong executive government might become like a king

• Wanted important political powers to remain with the states

• They favored the Constitution and wrote essays to convince states to approve it

• Believed that a Bill of Rights was needed

Who was NOT an author of the Federalists Papers?

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Which of these was an idea of the Federalists?

• Supported the Constitution and favored giving less power to the states

• Did not support the Constitution

• Demanded a Bill of Rights

• Wanted the states to have more power