Writing the Constitution Part 1

The ​ (a)   was a strength of the Articles of Confederation and a ​ (b)   .​

• Northwest Ordinance
• plan for creating new states
• weakness
• liability
• way to coin money

Which was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The president had too much power

• The judicial branch kept raising taxes

• The Northwest Ordinance

• There was no executive branch

This plan said that the number of representatives a state sent to Congress should depend on its population:

• New Jersey Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

Shays's Rebellion showed Americans that the United States needed:

• states to have more power.

• to tax its citizens in order to get war debt paid

• more protections for the courts

• a stronger national government

Majority rule was established by the ​ (a)   in the year​ (b)   while the ​ (c)   granted rights to citizens of England.

• Mayflower Compact
• 1620
• English Bill of Rights
• 1619
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence

​ (a)   is the result of the Great Compromise.

• Congress
• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• Articles of Confederation

Categorize the characteristics of each plan:

Groups:

(a) Virginia Plan

,

(b) New Jersey Plan

• representation based on population

• equal representation for all states

• large states liked this

• Senate

• small states liked this

• House of Representatives

The US Congress is _____, which means it has two chambers/houses.

• bicameral

• bicycle

• unicameral

• unicorn

The Three-Fifths Compromise meant that southern states:

• 3/5 of states had to ratify the US Constitution

• had to pay 3/5 of their salaries for taxes

• got to count slaves in order to gain more representation in Congress

• had to give up 3/5 of their slaves instead of banning slavery

The Three-Fifths Compromise meant that by counting slaves in the population, states counted some of their slaves in order to get ​ (a)   , but also​ (b)  

• more representation in Congress
• had to pay more taxes.
• a tax break from Congress
• lost some say in Congress.