Constitutional Convention

________ were a group of men who gathered in Philidelphia to create the constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Congress

• Delegates

• Representatives

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A federal system of government is

• where states have no power and the central government has all the power

• where states have power but the central government has more power

• where the states have all the power and each state follows its own rules

• where the states have more power and the central government has less power

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A government where the power comes from the citizens through elections is called a

• democracy

• delegates

• the Great Comprimise

• republic

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The three branches of government are

• executive, judicial, and legislative

• judicial, legislative, and delegates

• executive, compromise, and legislative

• executive, judicial, and ceasar

Roger Sherman suggested that Congress be 2 parts. This was known as

• Sherman's Last Stand

• the Great Compromise

• Roger that

• the Popular Thought

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Southern states wanted to count the enslaved people in their population. What was the name of the compromise that counted 5 enslaved people as 3 free people?

• the Great Compromise

• Five-Thirds

• People are People

• Three-Fifths Rule

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The representatives met to accept the new constitution. In order to accept it, they had to ______ it.

• vote on

• ratify

• sign

• delegate

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Which state ratified the Constitution thus making it the country's law?

• Delaware

• New Hampshire

• New York

• Virginia