CreatingTheConstitutionVocabReview

Match the following

• Constitutional Convention

• An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature; while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of Legislature

• Articles of Confederation

• A meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution

• Shay's Rebellion

• The document that created the first central government for the United States

• The Great Compromise

• An uprising of Massachusetts's Farmers farmer led by Daniel Shays, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosures

Match the Following

• Three-fifths Compromise

• People who supported ratification of the Constitution

• Federalist

• An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining its population for representation in the lower house of Congress

• Federalist Papers

• A series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government

• Tyranny

• A nation under cruel and oppressive government

Match the following

• Representation

• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• Anti-Federalist

• The act of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens

• Bill of Rights

• People who did not support ratification of the Constitution

• Checks and Balances

• A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful

The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial functions of government are divided among separate and independent branches

• Separation of Federalists

• Separation of Powers

• Unification of Powers

A set of basic principles that determines the powers and the duties of a government:

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would be two houses with representation determined by state population.

• Virginia Plan

• Federalist Plan

• New Jersey Plan

A proposal to create a unicameral (one house) legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at Constitutional Convention

• New York Plan

• New England Plan

• New Jersey Plan

US System of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states

• Fedarlist

• Federalism

• Federalist Papers