US Constitution

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After the American states declared independence, their first plan for a national government was called the ________________.

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Articles of Confederation

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What was the problem with the first plan of our national government?

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it was too weak

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Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on: one vote per state, the state's size, the state's total population, the state's voting population

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one vote per state

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Where was the Constitution Convention held to discuss changes to the first plan?

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Philadelphia

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What did they name the new document that was written at the Convention?

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The Constitution of the United States of America

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The _________________ combined both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.

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Great Compromise

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How many branches of government are there according to the new government?

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3

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Checks and balances refer to ...

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The institutional checks of the power between the 3 branches of government

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Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

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Federalists

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This plan based representation in government on population and was supported by large (population wise) states (like South Carolina)

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Virginia Plan