Founding Fathers: A healthy Constitution, Compromises of the Constitution, Analyzing the Features of the Articles of Confederation
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| 514623373 | Where was the issue of slavery debated? | Constitutional Convention | |
| 514623374 | Was the issue of slavery ever really resolved? | No | |
| 514623375 | What conflict does the issue of slavery lead to in our country's history? | Civil War | |
| 514623376 | What does it mean to ratify something? | sign or give formal consent to | |
| 514623377 | How old do you have to be to be President of the U.S.? | 35 | |
| 514623378 | Which Founding Father opposed the constitution? | Patrick Henry | |
| 514623379 | What is the Virginia Plan? | a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to prevent the abuse of power | |
| 514623380 | Who made the Virginia plan? | James Madison | |
| 514623381 | What serves as a cheat sheet or in depth explanation of the Constitution? | Preamble | |
| 514623382 | What are the compromises of the Constitution? | The great compromise, 3/5 compromise | |
| 514623383 | What was the great compromise? | House of Representatives based on population, Senate with 2 representatives | |
| 514623384 | What was the 3/5 compromise? | slaves counted as 3/5 a person | |
| 514623385 | Who is called father of the Constitution? | James Madison | |
| 514623386 | Slaves were counted as what fraction? | 3/5 | |
| 514623387 | How many representatives does the senate have? | 2 | |
| 514623388 | What is a federalist? | A person for the Constitution | |
| 514623389 | What are articles of confederation? | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states. Power was limited | |
| 514623390 | What is an anti-federalist? | Someone against the Constitution | |
| 514623391 | What did Patrick Henry pressure the constitutional convention to do? | Put in a Bill of Rights | |
| 514623392 | If you were a big state during the Constitutional Convention you tended to want what kind of representation in Congress? | Representation based on population | |
| 514623393 | If you were a small state during the Constitutional Convention you tended to want what kind of representation in Congress? | Equal number of representatives | |
| 514623394 | If these two founding fathers had not become friends it is possible the Constitution may never have been written. Who are they? | Jefferson and Madison | |
| 514623395 | What is representation? | speaking on behalf of someone | |
| 514623396 | Why did the Articles of Confederation not give Congress the power to tax? | Afraid congress would abuse power, as it was during British rule | |
| 514623397 | After the dust from the Revolution settled, what problems were the founding fathers faced with? | Needed a government, in debt | |
| 514623398 | What is a statesman? | Politician | |
| 514623399 | What was the main cause the articles of confederation failed? | Lacked a central government | |
| 514623400 | Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree to change a law? | All of them | |
| 514623401 | The Articles of Confederation could not ________ states. | Tax | |
| 514623402 | The Articles could not tax states they could only _________. | Ask for money | |
| 514623403 | What was a key point argued at the Constitutional Convention? | States rights against the federation government | |
| 514623404 | Who rallied against the Constitution? | Patrick Henry | |
| 514623405 | Why was Patrick Henry against the constitution? | Felt government threatened the right of the people | |
| 514623406 | What did Patrick Henry want included in the new government? | Bill Of Rights | |
| 514623407 | Was was the basic belief of a Federalist? | We can't function without a central government | |
| 514623408 | What was the role of the Federalist Papers in ratifying the Constitution? | Outline to Constitution, gives clear basis on every aspect | |
| 514623409 | What were the Federalist Papers? | essays written to convince readers to adopt the new constitution | |
| 514623410 | What is a monarchy? | King |
