Humanities

Question 1

Who made the Virginia Plan?

Answer 1

Edmund Randolph and James Madison.

Question 2

What is the Virginia Plan?

Answer 2

The Virginia plan was to have a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial

Question 3

Who made the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 3

William Paterson

Question 4

What is the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 4

The New Jersey plan stated that every state would have an equal number of representatives in both houses.

Question 5

Who made the Great Compromise?

Answer 5

Roger Sherman

Question 6

What is the Great Compromise?

Answer 6

It states that the number of representatives in the House of Representatives for each state would be determined by the population of each state, while the number of representatives in the Senate would be 2 per state.

Question 7

Who made the 3/5’s compromise?

Answer 7

James Wilson

Question 8

What is the 3/5’s compromise?

Answer 8

Three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.

Question 9

Who made the Slave Trade Compromise?

Answer 9

The Continental Congress

Question 10

What is the Slave Trade Compromise?

Answer 10

As a compromise, instead of abolishing slavery completely, they decided to just end slave trade.

Question 11

What are the three branches of the Goverment?

Answer 11

Legislative, Executive, and Judical.

Question 12

What does the Legislative Branch do?

Answer 12

Every state has two representatives in the Senate, and the number of representatives per state in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state. The legislative branch is the branch that makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce, and controls taxing and spending policies.

Question 13

What does the Executive Branch do?

Answer 13

The executive branch, also known as the presidential branch, is the one that passes and vetoes bills. They also are in charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed. The head is the President.

Question 14

What does the Judical Branch do?

Answer 14

The judicial branch is the supreme court. Their job is to carry out the laws. There are 9 Supreme Court justices, one of them being the chief justice. decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws.

Question 15

What was the Constiutional Convetion sworn to and why?

Answer 15

Everyone took an oath of secrecy. This meant that they wouldn’t be telling anyone, especially the media, about what was discussed in that room.They didn’t want anyone to feel like they had to hold back, or lie, because of the fear of people being upset by what was said.

Question 16

What are the articles of Confederation and National Government?

Answer 16

The Articles of Confederation purposely made the national government weak and without many powers. They did this because they did not trust the Goverment after the Monarchy.

Question 17

When was the Annapolis Convention created?

Answer 17

1786

Question 18

What was the Annapolis Convention?

Answer 18

The Annapolis Convention was a meeting of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that called for a constitutional convention.

Question 19

What was Shay’s Rebellion?

Answer 19

Shays Rebellion was a series of protests American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt

Question 20

When was the Continental Convention?

Answer 20

The summer of 1787

Question 21

Federalists VS Anti-Federalists

Answer 21

Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic were known as Federalists. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government were known as Anti-Federalists.

Question 22

What is the Bill of Rights?

Answer 22

The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments of the consitution. They were ratified in 1791.

Question 23

When was Shay’s Rebellion?

Answer 23

1786-1787

Question 24

What was the Northwest Ordinance’s significance?

Answer 24

It chartered a government for the Northwest Territory,

Question 25

When was the Northwest Ordinance?

Answer 25

1787

Question 26

What was the Land Ordinance’s significance?

Answer 26

It was surveying the land of the Appalachian mountains.

Question 27

When was the Land Ordinance?

Answer 27

1785