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The Constitution
Term | Definition |
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Virginia Plan | created a bicameral legislature with both houses representatives based on population. |
New Jersey Plan | created a unicameral legislature with equal number of votes for all states. |
Great Compromise | Created a bicameral legislature. The House of Representatives would have votes based on population, and the Senate received equal votes for all states. |
3/5 Compromise | Each slave would count as three fifths of a person towards the population |
Unicameral Legislature | Law making body made up of one house |
Bicameral Legislature | law making body made up of two houses |
Bill of Rights | The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution that guaranteed personal liberties. Added to appease the Anti - Federalists |
Anti Federalists | this groups believed the Constitution gave too much power to the central government and feared that it did not guarantee personal liberties. |
Federalists | This group believed the Constitution offered a good balance of power and did not need to be modified. |