Gov Unit 1: Week 2 Key Terms

Group of people who supported the ratification of the Constitution.

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

Group of people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution.

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

An agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining the population of a State.

• Connecticut Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral legislature in which each State’s representation would be determined by its population.

• Connecticut Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

A legislative body composed of two chambers.

• Unicameral legislature

• Bicameral legislature

• Tricameral legislature

• Multicameral legislature

Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State’s population.

• Connecticut Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

System of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.

• Bicameral legislature

• Rule of law

• Unicameral legislature

• Checks and balances

Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention that called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented.

• Connecticut Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

A legislative body composed of one chamber.

• Unicameral legislature

• Bicameral legislature

• Tricameral legislature

• Multicameral legislature

A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between central, or national, government and several regional governments.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Federalism

• Parliamentary Monarchy