Vocabulary: WTP 2-8 and 9

Who were the Framers?

• the signers of the Declaration of Independence

• the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787

• the authors of the Federalist Papers

• the first members of the U.S. Congress

What was the Philadelphia Convention?

• the meeting where the Declaration of Independence was signed

• the meeting where the U.S. Constitution was abolished

• the meeting where the U.S. Constitution was written

• the meeting where the Articles of Confederation were created

What was the Compromise accepted at the Philadelphia Convention?

• the plan that called for a single house of Congress

• the plan that called for three houses of Congress

• the plan that called for Congress to have two houses

• the plan that called for Congress to be abolished

What is the House of Representatives?

• the house of Congress where each state has equal representation

• the house of Congress where representation is based on state's economic power

• the house of Congress made up of representatives from each state based on its population

• the house of Congress where each state has two representatives regardless of its population

What is the Senate?

• the house of Congress where representation is based on population

• the house of Congress made up of two senators from each state

• the house of Congress where each state has representation based on its size

• the house of Congress where senators are appointed by the President