Constitutional Convention - Basic Overview

________ were a group of men who gathered in Philidelphia to create the constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Congress

• Delegates

• Representatives

A federal system of government is

• where states have no power and the central government has all the power

• where states have power but the central government has more power

• where the states have all the power and each state follows its own rules

• where the states have more power and the central government has less power

The three branches of government are

• executive, judicial, and legislative

• judicial, legislative, and delegates

• executive, compromise, and legislative

• executive, judicial, and ceasar

Roger Sherman suggested that Congress be 2 parts. This was known as

• Sherman's Last Stand

• the Great Compromise

• Roger that

• the Popular Thought

Southern states wanted to count the enslaved people in their population. What was the name of the compromise that counted 5 enslaved people as 3 free people?

• the Great Compromise

• Five-Thirds

• People are People

• Three-Fifths Rule

The representatives met to accept the new constitution. In order to accept it, they had to ______ it.

• vote on

• ratify

• sign

• delegate

Bicameral means...

• Three House
• Two House
• One House
• Five House

How many houses would be in Congress under the New Jersey Plan?

• Two
• Five
• One
• Three

Which two things did the Great Compromise create?

• Two Houses in Congress, one equal and one based on population

• One house system, equal representation

• Two House system all proportional represenation

• Two House system, all equal representation

Who would support a STRONG central government?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists