Vocabulary (Lesson 2)

Question 1

Process:

Answer 1

An action or a series of actions directed toward a result

Question 2

Despite:

Answer 2

Regardless or in spite of

Question 3

Constitutional Convention:

Answer 3

Meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution

Question 4

Great Compromise:

Answer 4

Agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation

Question 5

Three-Fifths Compromise:

Answer 5

Agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of free persons in determining representation in Congress

Question 6

Electoral College:

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Federalists:

Answer 7

Supporters of the new Constitution

Question 8

Federalism:

Answer 8

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

Question 9

The Federalist Papers:

Answer 9

A series of essays written to defend the Constitution

Question 10

Anti-Federalists:

Answer 10

Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution