T4-L2 Drafting a Constitution

a settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach and agreement

• legacy

• compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

something received by a predecessor or from the past

• Virginia Plan

• compromise

• legacy

• Great Compromise

the gathering of state representatives in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Constitutional Convention

following accepted standards for conduct or behavior

• ethical

• legacy

• compromise

• Great Compromise

a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority

• New Jersey Plan

• republic

• dictatorship

• compromise

the plan at the Constitutional Convention that was favored by smaller states that called for 3 branches of government and a single chamber (house) of legislature.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the enslaved residents in any state would be counted in the population

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them

• republic

• dictatorship

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for strong national government, three branches and a two chamber (house) legislature

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise