Constitutional Convention to Bill of Rights

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

Anti-Federalists were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, and a loss of individual rights.

• strong state government

• weak government

• strong central government

• legslature

What does ratification mean?

• To deny
• to ask for
• to demand
• to approve

The Constitutional Convention was convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.

-Feared a strong central government.  Believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution.  opponents of the Constitution.  All describe-

• democrats
• anti-federalists
• federalists
• small states

The Constitutional Convention took place-

• 1781
• 1787
• 776
• 1783

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise
• One-Third Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Compromise