U.S. Constitution

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

Americans were afraid that a ____ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legislature

What does ratification mean?

• To deny
• to ask for
• to demand
• to approve

-Feared a strong central government.  
-Believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution. 
-opponents of the Constitution. 

• democrats
• anti-federalists
• federalists
• small states

The Constitutional Convention took place-

• 1781
• 1787
• 1776
• 1783

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise
• One-Third Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Compromise

Someone that favored approval of the Constitution is called-

• Federalist
• Anti Federalist
• Republican
• Democrat

Representation should be proportional based on a state's population was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Connecticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Connecticut plan
• Commerce Compromise