Constitution

Ratify

• to approve formally

• to not accept

• To not approve

• to get rid of something

 A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government 

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Play book
• Compromise

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution 

• Philly meeting

• Treaty of Philadelphia

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation Conference

A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed 

• Northwest Ordinance
• Northwest Lands
• Northwest Territory

An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives 

• Two-halves Compromise
• Three-fourths Compromise
• Two-fifths Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise

The lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law. 

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

 The part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws 

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

The part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws 

• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch

The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators. 

• Huge Compromise
• Great Addition
• Great Compromise

The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 

• True
• False