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Lesson 7.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention? | To revise the Articles of Confederation |
| Would larger states or smaller states have more representation under the VA Plan? | larger states |
| Which branch of government passes laws? | legislative |
| Which branch of government decides whether laws are carried out fairly? | judicial |
| Which branch of government carries out laws? | executive |
| James Madison’s plan for the new government provided for a two-house legislature. Seats in both houses would be awarded to each state on the basis of population. Thus, larger states would have more representatives that smaller states. | Virginia Plan |
| Roger Sherman’s plan, which called for a two-house legislature. Seats in one house would be based on a state’s population. In the other house, each state would have two members. | Great Compromise |
| William Paterson presented a plan that had the support of small states. It provided for a legislature that had only one house. Each state, no matter what the size of its population, would have one vote in the legislature. | New Jersey Plan |
| How many of the 13 states needed to approve the Consititution in their state conventions in order for it to go into effect? | nine |
| When the North and the South compromised on slavery, how much of the total slave population would be counted in the states' total population count? | three-fifths |
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