What change to the structure of government did the Virginia Plan suggest?

gave the federal government supreme power and divided the government into three branches

How did the Great Compromise resolve the debate over state representation in the federal government?

It created a big camera to house register where in one house state population determine the number of representatives and then the other house the number of representatives for equal

In what way did northerners and southerners disagree about the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention?

The southerners wanted slaves to be counted as part of their population

4. How did the delegates resolve the debate over how slaves should factor into representation in government?

They reached a compromise that allowed each individual slave to be counted as 3/5 of a person

5. What is federalism?

A system of government in which powers of the government are shared between National and state governments

Both the federal and the state governments share the power to…

Collect taxes regulate banks borrow money provide for common good enforce laws

Which of the following is a power reserved only to the states?

Public schools elections regulations for marriage

Why did the framers of the Constitution create a system of checks and balances?

To keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

This delegate played an instrumental role in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.

James Madison, Ben Franklin, George washington.

Popular Sovereignty is…

Political authority is in the hands of the people so that meant that the people voted on the government leaders.

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Question	Answer
What change to the structure of government did the Virginia Plan suggest?	gave the federal government supreme power and divided the government into three branches
How did the Great Compromise resolve the debate over state representation in the federal government?	It created a big camera to house register where in one house state population determine the number of representatives and then the other house the number of representatives for equal
In what way did northerners and southerners disagree about the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention?	The southerners wanted slaves to be counted as part of their population
4. How did the delegates resolve the debate over how slaves should factor into representation in government?	They reached a compromise that allowed each individual slave to be counted as 3/5 of a person
5. What is federalism?	A system of government in which powers of the government are shared between National and state governments
Both the federal and the state governments share the power to…	Collect taxes regulate banks borrow money provide for common good enforce laws
Which of the following is a power reserved only to the states?	Public schools elections regulations for marriage
Why did the framers of the Constitution create a system of checks and balances?	To keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
This delegate played an instrumental role in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.	James Madison, Ben Franklin, George washington.
Popular Sovereignty is…	Political authority is in the hands of the people so that meant that the people voted on the government leaders.

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