Unit 2B Review

What was the Constitutional Convention?

• Meeting where delegates discussed ways to improve the Articles of Confederation.

• This plan called for a TWO HOUSE legislature with representation based on population.

• This plan called for a ONE HOUSE  legislature in which each state had equal votes/delegates.

• This created a TWO HOUSE legislature giving each state an equal vote in the upper house of the legislature, while granting to the lower house representation based on population. It is the plan we use today.

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The Virginia Plan

• This plan called for a TWO HOUSE legislature with representation based on population.

• This plan called for a ONE HOUSE  legislature in which each state had equal votes/delegates.

• This created a TWO HOUSE legislature giving each state an equal vote in the upper house of the legislature, while granting to the lower house representation based on population. It is the plan we use today.

• Meeting where delegates discussed ways to improve the Articles of Confederation.

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The New Jersey Plan

• Meeting where delegates discussed ways to improve the Articles of Confederation.

• This plan called for a ONE HOUSE  legislature in which each state had equal votes/delegates.

• This created a TWO HOUSE legislature giving each state an equal vote in the upper house of the legislature, while granting to the lower house representation based on population. It is the plan we use today.

• This plan called for a TWO HOUSE legislature with representation based on population.

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Great Comprises

• This plan called for a TWO HOUSE legislature with representation based on population.

• This created a TWO HOUSE legislature giving each state an equal vote in the upper house of the legislature, while granting to the lower house representation based on population. It is the plan we use today.

• Meeting where delegates discussed ways to improve the Articles of Confederation.

• This plan called for a ONE HOUSE  legislature in which each state had equal votes/delegates.

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People who felt that the Constitutional Convention should NOT create a new government/constitution without adding the Bill of Rights.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Bill of Rights

• Federalists Papers

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A group of essays that defended the U.S. Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists Papers

• Bill of Rights

• Federalists

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These amendments became the first ten added to the U.S. Constitution due to the insistence of the Anti-Federalists.

• Federalists Papers

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Bill of Rights

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The part/branch of government with the president , vice president, and the departments that help run the country.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

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The part/branch of the government headed by the Supreme Court that decides whether or not laws are unconstitutional or not.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

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The part/branch of the government , called Congress, is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives and is responsible for proposing and making the laws. 

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

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