8th Grade Vocab Review

A group that supported a strong central government is known as:

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Patriots

A plan which favored state representation based on size of the state

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• The Connecticut Compromise

A compromise that stated three-fifths of slaves will count for representation

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

A group who believed that the government had too much power

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Patriots

A plan which favored EQUAL state representation

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

A set of papers written by the federalists that describe how the new constitution will solve many of the problems

• Federalist Papers

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Articles of Confederation

A meeting to discuss the issues of the Articles of Confederation

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Constitutional Convention

This compromise created the Senate, and the House of Representatives

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey plan

• The Connecticut Compromise

The Legislative Branch is made up of...

• The President and Vice President

• The Cabinet

• Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)

The Executive Branch is made up of....

• The President, Vice President, and the Cabinet

• Congress

• The Supreme Court