4.06 Federalist and Anti-Federalist

How did the Great Compromise solve the issue of representation in Congress?

• It ensured both houses based their number of representatives on a state's population.
• It ensured both houses had the same number of representatives from every state.
• It made certain that the House of Representatives based their number of representatives on population, and the Senate had an equal number of representatives from each state.
• It made certain that states only had a single vote from a single house of Congress.

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?

• It gave the federal government control of foreign trade.
• It split Congress into two houses, one based on population and gave states equal representation
• It banned enslavement in 3/5 of the states.
• It determined that an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person.

How did the Virginia Plan attempt to solve the issue of representation?

• It split Congress into two houses, one based on population and gave states equal representation
• It based the number of representatives in both houses in Congress on the population of the state.
• It counted an enslaved person as 3/5ths of a person when figuring out state representation
• It gave each state on representative in Congress.

How did George Washington influence the creation of the Constitution?

• He was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.
• He acted as "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote much of it.
• He introduced the New Jersey Plan.
• He created the Great Compromise.

How did James Madison influence the creation of the Constitution?

• He was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.
• He acted as "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote much of it.
• He introduced the New Jersey Plan.
• He created the Great Compromise.

How did Roger Sherman influence the creation of the Constitution?

• He was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.
• He acted as "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote much of it.
• He introduced the New Jersey Plan.
• He created the Great Compromise.

What did the Federalists believe about the Constitution?

• The Constitution would provide a system of checks and balances.
• The Constitution would result in a lack of rights.
• The Constitution would create a weak national government.
• The Constitution would be very similar to the Articles of Confederation.

What did the Anti-Federalists believe about the Constitution?

• The Constitution would provide a system of checks and balances.
• The Constitution would result in a lack of rights.
• The Constitution would create a weak national government.
• The Constitution would be very similar to the Articles of Confederation.

How did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists view the Constitution differently?

• Federalists believed that the Constitution should be as weak as the Articles of Confederation, while Anti-Federalists believed the Constitution needed to give the national government more power.
• Federalists believed that state governments should maintain power over the national government, while Anti-Federalists believed that states should be weaker than the national government.
• Federalists believed that the Constitution would set up another monarchy, while the Anti-Federalists believed that the Constitution had checks and balances to keep it from becoming too powerful.
• Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary, while Anti-Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was needed to protect citizens

How did the states ratify the Constitution?

• A majority of the delegates agreed to it.
• 9 of 13 states agreed to it.
• George Washington made the executive decision to adopt it.
• A majority of citizens voted in favor of it.