Ch 5 Lesson 2 Creating a New Constitution

By giving the national government more power than the states, the Constitution created a system of government called ​ (a)  

• federalism
• Electoral College
• The Federalists
• a bill of rights

The Founders did not fully trust the people to elect the president, so they put that decision in the hands of a group called the ​ (a)  

• Electoral College
• federalism
• The Federalist
• a bill of rights

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay explained why they supported the new Constitution in a series of articles known as ​ (a)  

• The Federalist
• federalism
• Electoral College
• a bill of rights

Federalists won approval of the Constitution by saying they would add to it ​ (a)  

• a bill of rights
• federalism
• Electoral College
• The Federalist

Why did the Founders decide not to change the Articles of Confederation but to create a new form of government?

• The Articles had created a weak government.

• The Articles were too complex to revise.

• They thought it easier to start from scratch.

• They wanted to eliminate the national government.

The Virginia Plan contained the main features of the federal government today, including

• a bill of rights.

• government departments.

• income taxes.

• three separate branches.

The Great Compromise proposed by the committee headed by Roger Sherman called for

• a two-house Congress.

• backing the New Jersey Plan.

• keeping the Articles government.

• creating the Supreme Court.