Unit 3 Constitution Review

Who wanted strong state government?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

What was the name of the compromise that created a bi-cameral legislature during the Constitutional Convention?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

Which compromise stated that for every 5 slaves, 3 of them would count towards population and taxation?

• Great Compromise
• Good Compromise
• 3/5 Compromise
• Constitutional Compromise

Favored large states and representation in Congress would be based on population

• New Jersey plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great compromise

• Northwest ordinance

Favored small states and each state would receive equal representation in Congress

• New Jersey plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great compromise

• Northwest ordinance

-Passing by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress

-Ratified by the legislatures of conventions in three- fourths of the states

-__________________________________________?

• Overturns a supreme court ruling

• Becomes a revision to federal income

• Takes effect as an international treaty

• Becomes an amendment to the US Constitution

What term refers to the idea that the national government shares power with state governments?

• Articles of Confederation

• Ratification

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

Which were weakness of the first Constitution?

• too many taxes

• no executive

• too powerful judiciary

• no ability to regulate trade

• only one vote per state

Which are true about the Great Compromise?

• it created a bicameral legislature

• it made taxing export illegal

• it counted slaves as a fraction towards representation

• it made representation of one house of congress based on population

• it made representation of one house of congress equal for all states

The Great Compromise was....

• an agreement that decided how many votes each
  state would have in the Senate and the House of 
  Representatives.
• an agreement amongst the states to work together.
• an agreement that said the states would have equal representation in the Senate and House of Representatives.
• an agreement that decided to make a stronger national government.