Constitution and Preamble Review

President of the Constitutional Convention

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

____ argued for a strong central government; considered one of the main authors of the Constitution; known as the father of the Constitution

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

Our nation's first plan of government

• The U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• 3 Branches of Government

• Bill of Rights

Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?

• The Federal Government

• The States

_____ set up a 2 house Congress. Senate would have 2 representatives from each state while the House of Representatives would be based on each state's population.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

The ____ was added to the Constitution to protect the rights of the people (citizens)

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• The Bill of Rights

What were the original goals of the constitutional convention?

• Rewrite the constitution

• bring justice to all

• change the articles of confederation

• give more power to the states

Which is false about why the constitution replaced the articles of confederation:

• Congress was weak and had no strong leader

• government couldn't force states to follow laws

• states were printing their own money

• The government was better at choosing laws for people

The Great compromise of 1787:

• Representatives based on the population; states have the same number of senators

• Representatives based on the number of senators

• All states have different number of senators based on the size of the state

President of the constitutional conventions

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Roger Sherman