Chapter 2: The Founding and the Constitution

Question 1

America’s first written constitution; served as the basis for America’s national government until 1789

Answer 1

Articles of Confederation

Question 2

a system of government in which states retain sovereign authority except for the powers expressly delegated to the national government

Answer 2

confederation

Question 3

a framework for the Constitution, introduced by Edmund Randolph, that called for representation in the national legislature based on the population of each state

Answer 3

Virginia Plan

Question 4

a framework for the Constitution, introduced by William Paterson, that called for equal state representation in the national legislature regardless of population

Answer 4

New Jersey Plan

Question 5

the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population, but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population

Answer 5

Great Compromise

Question 6

the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that stipulated that for purposes of the apportionment of congressional seats, every slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person

Answer 6

Three-Fifths Compromise