5 Constitutional Compromises

The first American government, which was in place during the Revolutionary War and for almost 10 years afterwards, was the _____________.

• Articles of Confederation

• Continental Congress

• Mayflower Compact

• Philadelphia Convention

The Articles of Confederation was ineffective at governing because it had no ___________, no judicial branch, and no power to levy taxes.

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• House of Burgesses

• Popular Sovereignty

The Articles of Confederation was ineffective at governing because it had no executive branch, no ___________, and no power to levy taxes.

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Congress

• State Government

An agreement between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, the _____________ established a bicameral legislature that satisfied both groups of delegates.

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Congressional Compromise

Supporters for the ratification of the United States Constitution who wanted a strong central government are known as _____________ and mainly consist of the urban delegates.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Continental Loyalists

• Democrat-Republicans

____________ believed states would be the best protectors of people's rights and liberties, because being smaller, they would be more responsive to people's needs.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Whigs

• Loyalists

In order to encourage the Anti-Federalists to ratify the Constitution, Federalists decided to include a supplementary document with ten amendments known as the _____________.

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Before the Constitution could go into effect, the document required nine of the thirteen states to approve the document; a process known as ______________.

• ratification

• compromise

• sanction

• endorsement

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention who wanted the number of representatives to be based on population favoring large states supported the _____________.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention who wanted the number of representatives to be equal for each state favoring smaller states supported the _____________.

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise