08 - 04 out of 09 - The New Nation (8.21-8.28)

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government was very weak and the state government was very strong.

• True
• False

Delegates met to discuss the ________________________ at the Constitutional Convention.

• The Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Revolutionary War

What plan was made for the big states and based its amount of representatives off of population?

• The New Jersey Plan
• The Virginia Plan
• The Great Compromise
• Congress

What is the name of the plan for the small states that determined the amount of representatives by giving each state one vote?

• The Great Compromise
• The Philadelphia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Virginia Plan

What was the Great Compromise?

• A plan that allowed the small states to have more control.
• A plan that split Congress into two parts called the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• A plan that allowed the large states to have more power in the national government. 

What is the three-fifths compromise?

• The answer to counting slaves in a state's population. 5 slaves would count as 3 free peoples' votes. 
• The answer to counting slaves in a state's population. 5 free people would count as 3 slaves votes. 

How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution before it could be used?

• 7 States
• 9 States
• 13 States
• 10 States

People who supported the Constitution were called _________________.

• Constitutionalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Anti-Constitutionalists

What were the name of the people who did NOT support the Constitution?

• Federalists
• Anti-Constitutionalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Constiutionalists

What was the name of the man who was president of the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison
• George Washington
• Roger Sherman
• Benjamin Franklin