New Nation Vocabulary Quiz

A person appointed or elected to represent others

• Constitutional Convention

• Delegate

• Electoral College

• Ratify

The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress: House of Representatives = representation from each state is based on state population; Senate = each state is represented by two senators

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The system the U.S. uses to elect the president that is made up of people representing the states

• Constitutional Convention

• Delegate

• Electoral College

• Ratify

The first written plan of government of the U.S.

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

To formally approve a plan or agreement

• Constitutional Convention

• Delegate

• Electoral College

• Ratify

A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

• Constitutional Convention

• Northwest Ordinance

• Northwest Territory

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Northwest Ordinance

• Northwest Territory

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A region of the U.S. bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes

• Constitutional Convention

• Northwest Ordinance

• Northwest Territory

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Northwest Ordinance

• Northwest Territory

• Three-Fifths Compromise