Unit 1 Test Review 2

Resolved the debate over state representation in Congress by establishing a bicameral legislature(House of Representatives is based on population, Senate with equal representation from each state).

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Electoral College

Allowed states to count three out of every five enslaved people for representation and taxation purposes, increasing political power of slave holding states).

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Electoral College

Created a system where electors chosen by each state to vote for the president, insuring that a well-qualified individual is elected.

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Electoral College

The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

The system that allows each branch of government to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent and one branch from exerting too much power.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

The division of power between national and state government.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

The principle that the authority of the government is crated and sustained by the consent of its people.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

Proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on state population which favored larger states.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Federalists vs. Antifederalists

Proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states, which favored smaller states.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Federalists vs Antifederalists

• Federalist No. 54

Federalists supported a strong central government and the new Constitution, while Anti-Federalists feared would lead to tyranny and demanded a Bill of Rights.

• Federalist No. 54

• Federalsit No. 68

• Federalists vs Anti-Federalists