Study guide: constitution convention

The Articles of Confederation were:

• The pan that ended the American Revolution

• The first constitution of the United States

• The agreement between the U.S. and Spain to pay off the Natives

• The first peace treaty

This is a graphic representation of Shays' Rebellion, what conclusion could you draw from this image about the government under the Articles of Confederation.

• The AOC government gave the State's too much power

• The central government was too weak to maintain order & control its citizens

• The central government was strong enough to put down rebellions

• None of the above

The delegates met at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 with the goal of:

• Figuring out ways to control Spanish lands

• Control the military

• Revising the Articles of Confederation

• put down Shays Rebellion

called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population and wealth, and it had a bicameral legislation, which means two houses.

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
• Connecticut Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

This plan called for a unicameral legislature, ( one house) in which each State would have equal representation.

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• the types of powers given to the Executive branch

• the number of branches of the State governments

• the method for electing members to Congress

• the number of representatives in Congress each state would have

This plan of government had:

3 branches. The Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches.

2 houses in the Legislative Branch.

2 senators for each state

In the House of Representatives, representation is based on a states population.

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

The image represents______ which settled the debate between the Northern and Southern states by counting 3 out of 5 slaves as part of the population to determine representation in the House of Representative.

• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Great Compromise
• A line at McDonalds
• People without an Iphone

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

• Federalism

• Governor

• Bicameral

• Expressed Powers

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

• Republican

• Democrat

• Popular vote

• Electoral College