chapter 3

Question 1

a detailed written plan for government

Answer 1

constitution

Question 2

a legislature consisting of two parts or houses

Answer 2

bicameral

Question 3

a group of individuals or state governments

Answer 3

confederation

Question 4

the first constitution of the united states

Answer 4

articles of confederation

Question 5

to vote approval on

Answer 5

ratify

Question 6

a law, usually of a city or country

Answer 6

ordinance

Question 7

an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American revolution

Answer 7

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 8

meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution

Answer 8

constitutional convention

Question 9

a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

Answer 9

electoral college

Question 10

a supporter of the constitution

Answer 10

federalist

Question 11

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national government and the states

Answer 11

federalism

Question 12

a series of essays written to defend the constitution

Answer 12

the federalist papers

Question 13

a person who opposed ratification of the constitution

Answer 13

anti-federalist

Question 14

agreement providing that five enslaved persons would count as 3 free persons in determining representation in congress

Answer 14

Three fifths compromise

Question 15

The ideas of trial by jury and protection of personal property

Answer 15

how did the Magna Carta influence those who wrote state constitutions

Question 16

he helped create the constitution

Answer 16

what was James madisons role with the creation of a new government

Question 17

federalists supported the ideas of the constitution, the anti-federalists thought it would destroy their liberties

Answer 17

how did the federalist’s and anti-federalist’s viewpoints differ

Question 18

Virginia plan
(The larger the state the more votes it gets)
New Jersey plan
(Every state has 1 vote)
The great compromise
(2 houses(senate(each state gets the same amount of representatives(2))(House of representatives(number votes reflects on side of the state))))

Answer 18

identify and describe the plans that were proposed at the constitutional convention