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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first Constitution of the United States? | The Articles of Confederation |
| What treaty ended the Revolutionary War? | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Federalists believed there should be a ____________ central government. | strong |
| Anti-Federalists felt that ____________ should have the most power. | states |
| This group of people wanted the Constitution to be ratified as is without a Bill of Rights. | Federalists |
| This group of people would only ratify the Constitution if it had a Bill of Rights. | Anti-Federalists |
| This plan for representation made larger states happy. | Virginia Plan |
| This plan for representation made the smaller states happy. | New Jersey Plan |
| Delegates from the states were arguing over __________________ in the new Congress. | Representation |
| This person wrote the Virginia Plan and helped draft and write other important documents. | James Madison |
| Shays’ rebellion helped show that there needed to be a way for the government to stop a ______________. | Rebellion |
| One major weakness of the Confederation Congress was that it could not enforce ____________. | Laws |
| Another major weakness of the Confederation Congress was that it could not ____________. | Tax |
| The Articles of Confederation gave ____________ too much power. | States |
| 2 reasons why the farmers and veterans were upset after the war were: | They did not get paid and their farms were taken |
| States in the South had a much higher population of ______________________, so they wanted them to count for their population. The Convention agreed to make the ____________ compromise. | Enslaved people/three-fifths |
| This was the name of the group that met to revise the Articles of Confederation. | The Constitutional Convention |
| In the end, the Anti-Federalists and the Federalists ______________________ to create the Constitution that we have now. | Compromised |
| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are rights guaranteed in which document? | Declaration of Independence |
| One major topic the delegates debated was: | slavery |
| Antifederalists were worried that | a strong central government would take power away from the states |
| What is federalism? | a system where power is shared by a larger national government and smaller state governments |
| What is republicanism? | the type of government in which the power is held by the people and those elected to represent them. |
| What is a delegate? | a representative |
| Why did the Constitutional Convention happen? | they wanted to fix the Articles of Confederation |
| Having the president nominate a judge, but then the legislative branch vote to confirm that judge is an example of: | checks and balances |
| Delegates also disagreed on | how taxes should work |
| One reason that made the Articles weak was | Congress could not tax |
| Another reason the Articles were weak was: | It took all 13 states to agree to change them |
| Another reason the Articles were weak was: | there was no national court system |
| The bill of rights was essentially: | a way to protect individual rights in the Constitution |
| The Three-Fifths compromise ended up giving the ____________________________ more power in Congress. | southern states |
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