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17 Cards in this Set
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How was representation in the Legislature decided in the Virginia Plan?
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By each state's popluation
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What are the three ideas the Declaration of Independence is based on?
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1. People should have equal rights2. Governments should be run by people3. Individual rights must be protected
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What could the government not do under The Articles of Confederation?
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Have the power to tax
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What did the first plan of government (The Articles of Confederation) create?
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A weak national government
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What is one reason some groups were opposed to the Constitution?
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It did not include a Bill of Rights
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What is the idea that one branch of government can block thepower of another branch of government?
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Checks and Balances
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What is the idea that the powers of the government should be divided between the branches of the government?
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Separation of powers
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What plan of government was used before the Constitution?
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Articles of Confederation
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What was the Great Compromise?
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States would have equalrepresentation in one house of Congress and representation based on population in the otherhouse of Congress
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What was the main purpose of the Preamble to theConstitution?
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To state the goals of the American Government
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What was the name of the group who supported the Constitution?
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Federalists
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Where and when was the Constitutional Convention held?
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Philadelphia, 1787
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Which kind of government divides power between the centraland state governments?
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Democratic
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Which plan of government was favored by the small states?
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The New Jersey Plan
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Who kept a journal and wrote most of the Constitution?
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James Madison
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Who was chosen to be the head of the Constitutional Convention?
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George Washington
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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