Mod. 5.3 Creating the Constitution

A Meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation but created a new government, the US Constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• Continental Congress

• Senate

• House Meeting

______ was asked to preside over the convention.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• ​George Washington

• John Adams

Who wrote the constitution and is known as the "father of the constitution"?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• George Washington

• James Monroe

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 

Debate: "All states should have the same number of representatives in the national Congress; it's only fair!"

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan

A compromise that set up a bicameral legislature with one house having representation based on population and the other having equal state representation

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

What does Bicameral mean?

• Two wheels
• One Building
• Two Governments
• Two Houses

The _______________ was the solution to the disagreement about how many representatives each state would have. 

• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Great Dispute
• Big Agreement

Which part of the legislative branch has representation based on population?

• Senate
• Judicial
• House of 
  Representatives
• House of Congress

Which part of the legislative branch has the same number of representatives for each state?

• House of Representatives
• Judicial
• Executive
• Senate