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The first written plan for the US government were the

A country governed by elected officials is called a

a person sent to represent others, in particular elected representatives are called delegates.

• True

• False

a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• meeting of the minds

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

What was a feature of the Great Compromise?

• a Senate with two senators from each state

• a Senate with one senator from each state

• a one-house Congress

• an executive branch with two co-presidents

What are checks and balances?

• A system that makes sure the judicial branch has the most power in government

• A system that allows the government to check and spy on citizens

• A system that makes sure the president has the most power in government

• the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

Which was not a reason why the Articles of Confederation were weak?

• The government could not tax the people

• The Articles of Confederation could easily be changed.

• To pass a law in congress it took 9 out of 13 states to approve

• The government could not pay off its debts

The introduction of the Constitution is called the:

What was the Three Fifths Compromise:

• A compromise to count slaves as full citizens concerning representation in the House of Representatives

• an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives

• A compromise to not count slaves at all concerning representation in the House of Representatives

• An agreement which would count slaves as full people in the House concerning representation but not in the Senate.

Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

• delegates from large states

• James Madison

• delegates from small states

• Edmond Randolph