quiz 2 SS

Question 1

New Jersey plan

Answer 1

The plan presentited at the philadelphia convention that called for a one-house legislature with each state having equal representation. It favored a weak national government.

Question 2

Virginia plan

Answer 2

The plan was presented at the philadelphia convention that provided for a national government composed of three branches. It proposed a congress of 2 houses, both based on proportional representation

Question 3

The great compromise

Answer 3

Also known as the CT compromise, this was a plan accepted at the philadelphia convention that called for congress to have two-houses, Senate and house of representatives.

Question 4

The three-fifths compromise

Answer 4

This Clause provided that each enslaved person should be counted as 3/5 of a person in determining the number of Representatives a State might send to the House of Representatives

Question 5

Frarmers

Answer 5

A group of men that composed to the us constitution

Question 6

proportional representation

Answer 6

The number of representatives in congress based on state population

Question 7

equal representation

Answer 7

The same number of representatives in congress

Question 8

federalism

Answer 8

Advocates for ratification of the constitution and for a strong centralized government

Question 9

sepration of powers

Answer 9

The division of powers among the different branches of government. In the United states powers are divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

Question 10

Congress

Answer 10

The national legislature of the United States. It has two parts, also called the houses: The senate and the house of representatives.

Question 11

expressed powers

Answer 11

powers that are specifically ganted to the government in AoC 1 like coin money, declare war, raise and maintain armies, regulate commerance, and establish post offices.