Unit 2: Creating the Constitution

The Constitution created a ____________ federal government.

• weak

• strong

• independent

• free

This group thought the Constitution already protected individual liberties and did not believe they had to be written down.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Delegates

• Congress

This group wanted individual rights written and protected in the Constitution.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Delegates

• Congress

What topics were debated when the delegates where creating the Constitution?

• Representation in Congress

• Taxation with enslaved people

• The Slave Trade

• Protecting individual rights

Which two plans where a part of The Great Compromise?

• Virginia Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

• Maryland Plan

• New Jersey Plan

This plan based representation on state population.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

This plan based representation on equality for every state.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

The Great Compromise created which TWO houses of Congress?

• House of Representatives: Based on population

• House of Representatives: 2 Representatives per state

• Senate: Based on population

• Senate: 2 Senators per state

The 3/5 Compromise counted 3 out of every 5 enslaved people for...

• Population

• Taxation

• Freedoms

• Rights

The compromise for the Slave Trade debate was that Congress would not ban slavery until

• 1776

• 1805

• 1808

• 1823