2.4 Lesson Cool Down: Federalist v Anti federalist

What was George Washington's role at the Constitutional Convention?

• President over the Convention & swore everyone to secrecy

• He was campaigning to become the first elected president of the United States

• He commanded the troops that guarded the building and kept outsiders out.

What is a compromise?

• an agreement to provide a service in exchange for payment

• an agreement between two sides in which each gives up something but gains something else

• an agreement to always let one side win in order to avoid an argument

Why did delegates want to replace the Articles of Confederation?

• they wanted to eliminate a federal government and give all power to the states

• it was too weak to deal with the nation's problems

• It did not have a bill of rights

What were the two rival palns for structuring the national government?

• New York Plan v. New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan v. New York Plan

• Virginia Plan v. New Jersey Plan

Match the following

• New Jersey Plan

• large states: bicameral legislature with representation based on population, 3 branches of govt., & checks and balances

• Great Compromise

• small states: unicameral legislature with equal representation, & strong central govt.

• Virginia Plan

• bicameral legislative branch: lower house based on population and upper house equal representation, executive branch, judicial branch, & checks and balances

What does the 3/5ths Compromise show about how most free Americans viewed enslaved people?

• they viewed them as equals and felt they should have some representation in Congress, too.

• they viewed them as property rather than human beings entitled to all the rights promised in the Constitution

• they viewed them as human beings that were entitled to the natural rights of life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness

Match the following

• Anti federalist

• supported individual freedom, creating a bill of rights, stronger state govts and a weaker federal govt.

• Federalism

• supported federalism with a strong central govt and weak state govt, 3 branches, & a federal bank

• Federalist

• a form of govt in which the power is divided between the federal/national govt and the states

Match the following

• 3/5ths Compromise

• writeen to oppose the Constitution

• Federalist Papers

• agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons for representation

• Great Compromise

• meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to the adoption of a new Constitution

• Anti federalist Papers

• agreement providing a dual system of Congressional representaion

• Constitutional Convention

• series of essays written to defend the Constitution

Who were notable federalist? Select all that apply

• Samuel Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin
  Franklin

• James Madison

Who were notable Anti federalist? select all that apply

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams