4 Constitutional Convention

What was the original purpose of holding the Constitutional convention?

• To get rid of the Articles of Confederations

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To create a new constitution.

Opponents of ratifying the Constitution were called

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Constitutionalists

Powers shared by the federal and state governments are called

• concurrent powers

• reserved powers

• bicameral

A two house legislature is called

• unicameral

• multi-house

• bicameral

Congress agreed that each slave would count as three-fifths of a free person in this compromise.

• Great Compact

• Connecticut Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The term ratify means to ________ something.

• reject

• approve

• veto

Powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states are called

• concurrent powers

• reserved powers

• national powers

What was the plan of government put forth by small states?

• Virginia PLan (Basing representation on the basis of population.)

• New Jersey Plan (Giving each state the same number of votes in congress.)

What does The Great Compromise refer to?

• An agreement over how states will be represented in Congress.

• An agreement over how to count slaves.

• An agreement over how many presidents the U.S. should have.

This group supported the new constitution because it created a stronger central government.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists