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Constitutional Convention |
meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution |
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James Madison |
a leading convention delegate from Virginia |
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Virginia Plan |
a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made of two groups, or houses, of representatives |
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New Jersey Plan |
a plan creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature |
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Great Compromise |
an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house and a number of representatives based on its populations in the lower house |
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Three-Fifths Compromise |
only three-fifths of a state's slaves were counted when deciding representation in Congress |
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popular sovereignty |
the idea that political power belongs to the people |
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federalism |
the sharing of power between a central government and the states |
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legislature branch |
a Congress of two houses that proposes and passes laws |
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executive branch |
the president and the departments that help run the government |
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judicial branch |
a system of all the national courts |
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checks and balances |
a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming to powerful |
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amendments |
changes or additions to the Constitution |
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antifederalists |
people who opposed the Constitution |
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George Mason |
delegate who opposed the Constitution |
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Federalists |
people who supported the Constitution |
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amendments |
official changes to a document |
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Bill of Rights |
Constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens |
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advocate |
to plead in favor of |
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Name one reason Philadelphia was chosen as the site of the Convention? |
It was where America had declared independence |
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What action did the delegates took about the slave trade? |
They agreed to end the slave trade in 20 years. |
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Why did George Mason oppose the Constitution? |
It was because it did not contain a section that guaranteed individual rights. |
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Why did states hold constitutional conventions? |
It was to give citizens the right to discuss and vote on the Constitution. |
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What kind of bill did several states demanded? |
They wanted a bill that would promise and protect individual rights. |
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Why do you think the Constitution has lasted more than 200 years? |
It fits the needs of a changing nation. |
