1.7 A New Nation Unit Review

Our first plan of government was called

• Articles of Constitution

• Amendments of Confederation

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

Who was "President" of the Convention?

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

The document that describes our highest laws of our country and the way our government is organized is called

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Amendments

• The Constitution

A way of reaching an agreement where each side gives up something they want is called a

• decision

• veto

• compromise

• majority

The GREAT COMPROMISE divided Congress into two houses called the

• Senate and House of Representatives

• President and Courts

• Happy and Sad

• Greedy and Generous

In the Senate each state has...

• One Representative

• Two Representatives

• A Lot of Represenatives

• Depends on their Population

In the House of Representatives, each state has

• One Representative

• Two Representatives

• Depends on their Population

• What's a representative?

The word "ratify" means to

• to stop

• to abolish

• to approve

• to veto

The first ten amendments to The Constitution are known as the

• Bill of Rights

• Ten Rules

• Ten Principles

• Preamble

Federalists supported the Constitution and a strong national government.

• True

• False