5th - SS Chap 10 Lesson 2

Question 0

A meeting where delegates came up with the Constitution.

Answer 0

Constitutional Convention

Question 1

A person who represents other people at a meeting.

Answer 1

Delegate

Question 2

A plan giving states with more people more representatives.

Answer 2

Virginia Plan

Question 3

A plan giving each state the same number of representatives.

Answer 3

New Jersey Plan

Question 4

An agreement reached after each side gives up something.

Answer 4

Compromise

Question 5

A plan that split Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Answer 5

Great Compromise

Question 6

Counting only some enslaved people as part of a state’s population.

Answer 6

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 7

The beginning part of the Constitution.

Answer 7

Preamble

Question 8

Powers that are “reserved,” or left, for the states.

Answer 8

Reserved powers

Question 9

Dividing a government into branches with separate powers.

Answer 9

Separation of powers

Question 10

A system to make sure that no branch of government becomes too powerful.

Answer 10

Check and balances

Question 11

To refuse to sign into law.

Answer 11

Veto

Question 12

What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 12

Was to revise the Articles of Confederation, however, they would end up replacing the Articles with a new Constitution.

Question 13

Who was elected to be the leader of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

Why did the delegates maintain secrecy about their work?

Answer 14

James Madison wrote “The delegates had to be able to speak freely and to change their minds.”

Question 15

What were the two plans for the new constitution?

Answer 15

1. The Virginia Plan proposed by Edmund Randolph.

2. The New Jersey Plan proposed by William Paterson.

Question 16

What was the same about the two plans ( Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan)?

Answer 16

1. Congress to be given much greater power over the states.
2. National government should have an executive branch to carry out the laws created by Congress.
3. National government should have a judicial branch to interpret the laws passed by Congress.

Question 17

What was the difference between the plans (Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan)?

Answer 17

The Virginia Plan gave states with more people more representatives and the New Jersey Plan gave each state the same number of representatives.

Question 18

Who suggested the Great Compromise to the Convention?

Answer 18

Roger Sherman

Question 19

What was the Great Compromise?

Answer 19

That Congress should be made up of two parts, called houses. The Senate made up of two senators from each state and the House of Representatives were population would determine the number of representatives each state had.

Question 20

Explain how Roger Sherman helped the Constitutional Convention succeed.

Answer 20

Sherman’s Great Compromise allowed each side to get some of what they wanted. He combined what the Virginia Plan wanted with that of the New Jersey Plan. Congress would be two houses, one representing each of the plans.

Question 21

What other difficulties did the delegates face?

Answer 21

1. Would slaves be counted as part of the population for representation and taxes
2. Slave trading

Question 22

What major goals does the Preamble set out?

Answer 22

1. To establish justice
2. To ensure peace
3. To defend the nation
4. To protect the people’s well-being and Liberty

Question 23

What are some of the powers of the national government spelled out in the Constitution?

Answer 23

1. Make laws about trade with other countries

2. Produce coins and paper money

Question 24

Identify the role of each of the three branches of government.

Answer 24

1. Legislative Branch - is charged with making laws.
2. Executive Branch - has the job of putting the laws into practice and making sure they are obeyed. Is headed by the President.
3. Judicial Branch - sees that the laws are interpreted according to the Constitution. Is headed by the Supreme Court.

Question 25

When was the Constitution ratified?

Answer 25

September 17, 1787

Question 26

What was the sequence of events that had to take place for the Constitution to become the supreme law of the land?

Answer 26

Once the delegates signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787 but nine of the thirteen states had to ratify it for it to become the supreme law of the land.