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- 1. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on pop-ulation in the other house
- 6. the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population
- 8. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
- 10. Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.
- 11. President of the Constitutional Convention
- 17. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
- 18. Written by George Mason, served as a model for future protections of rights.
- 19. This weakness meant that each state had its own money
- 21. A 1787 uprising in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes, led to calls to revise Articles of Confederation
- 22. a part of Congress; based on a equal number. Considered the upper house
- 23. delegate who opposed the Constitution, wrote Virginia Declaration of Rights
- 24. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
- 28. Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
- 29. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
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- 2. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
- 3. The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.
- 4. There was no national leader. They were afraid to make a powerful leader.
- 5. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
- 7. One vote for each State, regardless of size. Congress powerless to lay and collect taxes or duties. Congress powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. No executive to enforce acts of Congress. No national court system. Amendment only with consent of all States. A 9/13 majority required to pass laws. Articles only a "firm league of friendship."
- 9. A weak constitution that governed America during and immediately after the Revolutionary War.
- 12. Authors of the Federalist Papers, supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
- 13. in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
- 14. Author of the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
- 15. This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money.
- 16. First ten amendments to the Constitution; major source of civil liberties; promised to Anti-Federalists to secure ratification of Constitution
- 20. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 25. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional represen-tation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
- 26. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
- 27. supporters of the Constitution