APGoPo Unit 1: Week 2-3 Key Terms

1. A group of people who supported ratification of the Constitution and a strong central government.

• 1. Federalists

• 1. Representatives

• 1. Anti-Federalists

• 1. Senators

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

• 1. Virginia Plan

• Great (Connecticut) Compromise

• 1. New Jersey Plan

• 1. Three-fifths Compromise

A system for electing the president by electors from each state rather than by popular vote or by congressional vote.

• 1. Virginia Plan

• 1. New Jersey Plan

• 1. Electoral College

• Great (Connecticut) Compromise

1. Written into the Constitution, postponed the decision whether to ban the importation of enslaved persons until the year 1808.

• Bill of Rights

• Three-fifths Compromise

• 1. Virginia Plan

• 1. Article I, Section 9

1. A group of people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution and wanted more power reserved to state governments rather than a strong central government.

• 1. Federalists

• 1. Representatives

• 1. Anti-Federalists

• Senators

1. The first ten amendments added to the Constitution to address the concerns of the Anti-Federalists.

• Bill of Rights

• Three-fifths Compromise

• 1. Virginia Plan

• 1. Article I, Section 9

1. Compromise which created a dual (bicameral) system of congressional representation with the House of Representatives based on each state’s population and the Senate representing each state equally.

• Virginia Plan

• Great (Connecticut) Compromise

• 1. New Jersey Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

1. Provided a formula for calculating a state’s enslaved population for purposes of representation in the House and for taxation.

• 1. Article I, Section 9

• 1. Virginia Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

• 1. Great (Connecticut) Compromise

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

• Virginia Plan

• 1. Great (Connecticut) Compromise

• 1. New Jersey Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

A legislative body composed of two chambers.

• Unicameral legislature

• Bicameral legislature

• Tricameral legislature

• Multicameral legislature