Chapter 7

Question 1

A formal plan of government

Answer 1

Constitution

Question 2

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

Answer 2

Republic

Question 3

A formal request

Answer 3

Petition

Question 4

Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

Answer 4

Compromise

Question 5

The sharing of power between federal and state governments

Answer 5

Federalism

Question 6

A part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject

Answer 6

Article

Question 7

The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches

Answer 7

Checks and balances

Question 8

To give official approval to

Answer 8

Ratify

Question 9

Supporters of the Constitution

Answer 9

Federalist

Question 10

People against the Constitution

Answer 10

Anti-federalist

Question 11

A special group of voters selected by their state legislatures to vote for the president

Answer 11

Electoral college

Question 12

Problems with the Articles of Confederation

Answer 12

1. No president, 9 out of 13 states needed to approve a new law for it to be passed, Congress didn’t have power to tax citizens, only request tax money from the states, Congress couldn’t draft an army, only request the states to send men, No national court system, any change to the Constitution must be approved by all 13 states, Congress didn’t have the power to to collect states debts owed to the Central Government, Congress didn’t have the power to settle disputes among states, Each state had its own currency

Question 13

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

The original purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 14

What city did the Convention take place in?

Answer 14

Philadelphia

Question 15

What building did the convention take place in? What other document was adopted there?

Answer 15

Independence Hall, The Declaration of Independence

Question 16

How many delegates were there? Who are some

Answer 16

55 delegates, James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin

Question 17

Who was the oldest delegate there? How old was he?

Answer 17

Benjamin Franklin, 81 years old

Question 18

How long was the Convention? When did it start and end?

Answer 18

May to September 1787

Question 19

What did the delegates do with the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 19

They discarded it and came up with a whole new plan

Question 20

Who was the chosen President of the Convention?

Answer 20

George Washington

Question 21

Who was the “Father of the Constitution?”, Why was he given this name

Answer 21

James Madison because of his role in the documents drafting.

Question 22

Why was the convention kept a secret?

Answer 22

The original purpose of the convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 23

What was the final result of the Convention?

Answer 23

The United States Constitution was adopted

Question 24

Questions arose during the Constitutional Convention about how to represent the states in the (……..) branch

Answer 24

Legislative

Question 25

(…..) could not decide which plan to adopt

Answer 25

The delegates

Question 26

The Virginia Plan

Answer 26

The number of representatives sent to Congress depended on the states population (States with larger populations favored this plan)

Question 27

The New Jersey plan

Answer 27

The number of representatives sent to Congress would be equal for each state (smaller states favored this plan)

Question 28

Roger Sherman, a delegate from (……) came up with a compromise

Answer 28

Connecticut

Question 29

The Great Compromise

Answer 29

Have a 2 house Congress

Question 30

House of Representatives

Answer 30

Number of seats for each state depends on the states population

Question 31

Senate (100 seats)

Answer 31

Each state would have equal number of representatives. (Each state has 2 U.S senators)

Question 32

The House of Representatives and senate make up the …..

Answer 32

Legislative Branch

Question 33

The Legislative branch makes

Answer 33

Our laws