QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
>> Federalist Papers
Answer: Essays supporting Constitution
>> Federalist No. 10
Answer: Madison on factions
>> Federalist No. 51
Answer: Checks and balances
>> Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opposed Constitution
>> Bill of Rights
Answer: Added to satisfy Anti-Federalists
>> Articles of Confederation
Answer: First U.S. government (weak central)
>> Shays’ Rebellion
Answer: Showed weaknesses of Articles
>> Constitutional Convention
Answer: 1787, Philadelphia
, >> Virginia Plan
Answer: Large state plan, bicameral
>> New Jersey Plan
Answer: Small state plan, unicameral
>> Great Compromise
Answer: Bicameral legislature
>> Three-Fifths Compromise
Answer: Slaves counted as 3/5 for representation
>> Electoral College
Answer: Indirect election of president
>> Connecticut Compromise
Answer: Same as Great Compromise
>> Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Answer: No tax on exports, slave trade until 1808
>> Amendment Process
Answer: Proposal (2/3 Congress or convention) + ratification (3/4 states)
>> Formal Amendment
Answer: 27 total
>> Informal Amendment
Answer: Custom, judicial interpretation