Forming A new Nation Vocabulary

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

• American Revolution

• Warsaw Pact

• Constitutional Convention

• Mayflower Compact

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• Constitution

• Treaty

• Government Papers

• Declaration of Independence

The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.

• Senate

• Electoral College

• Democracy

• Congress

The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.

• Bicamerial Congress

• Government plan

• The Corrupt Bargain

• Great Compromise

Someone who supports ideas of freedom, change, and progress

• Liberal

• Libertarian

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.

• Sign-on

• Amend

• Ratify

• Vote-in

A country governed by elected representatives.

• Republic

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates of the U.S Constitution.

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption. They believed it gave the government too much power.

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

An agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress.

• Enslaved persons act

• Great Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

• None of the above