Constitution Vocabulary Quiz

A written plan of government

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

The proposal at the Constitutional convention that called for equal representation of each state regardless of the state's population

• NewJersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connectivut Plan

The year the Constitution was written and approved

• 1789

• 1812

• 1776

• 1702

A settlement in which each side gives up something to reach an agreement

• compromise

• impressment

• impass

• due process

to approve

• ratification

• resolution

• veto

• ascent

anti-federalists

• a group led by Thomas Jefferson who wanted a Bill of rights in the Constitution

• A group led by George Washington who wanted to abolish the Constitution.

• A group lead by James Madison who wanted to expand the powers of the federal government.

• A group lead by John Adams who wanted to remove the right to a trial by jury.

1st 10 amendments to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Powers of the Supreme Court

• Right to Bear Arms

• Abolishment of Slavery

federalists

• a group led by Alexander Hamilton, who supported the Constitution without a Bill of Rights

• a group of people who opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution, believing it gave too much power to the federal government.

• a group of people who believed that the Constitution should be interpreted strictly and that the federal government should not have any more power than that granted by the Constitution.

• a political party founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, who were opposed to the expansion of slavery into the western territories.

3/5 Compromise

• solved the situation of slaves counting as population. Every 5 slaves counted as 3 free people

• Allowing states to decide whether or not to allow slavery

• Abolishing the slave trade but not slavery itself

• Granting full citizenship rights to slaves