Chapter 6 Vocab

Question 1

Constitutional Convention

Answer 1

a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the constitution

Question 2

James Madison

Answer 2

American statesman, he was the 4th president of the unites states, the author of some of the Federalist papers, and is called the “Father of the constitution” for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention

Question 3

Virginia Plan

Answer 3

The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have 2 houses with representation determined by state population

Question 4

New Jersey Plan

Answer 4

A proposals to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population

Question 5

Great Compromise

Answer 5

An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house legislature

Question 6

3/5 compromise

Answer 6

An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only 3/5 of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of congress

Question 7

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 7

The division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws

Question 8

Legislative branch

Answer 8

The division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws