Creating the Constitution Vocab

People who were against ratification of the Constitution because they thought it gave too much power to the central government were called...

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Non-Constitutionalists

• Confederationists

The president would be elected through an indirect vote called the

• Commerce compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Electoral College

Two of these words describe a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.

• Representative

• Amendment

• Federalist

• Delegate

To make sure one branch doesn't become too powerful is known as?

• checks and balances

• federalism

• individual rights

an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.

• Constitution

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Electoral College

• Enlightenment

The introduction to the Constitution, which outlines the goals of the document, is known as the...

• Preamble

• Article

• Amendment

• Clause

Which compromise at the Constitutional Convention resulted in a two-house legislature?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

What term describes the division of power between the national and state governments?

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty