A | B |
Where was the Constitutional Convention held and why? | Philadelphia & to improve the Articles of Confederation |
Virginia Plan | Give sovereignty or power to cental government |
New Jersy Plan | Called for a uni-cameral one-house legislature |
Great Compromise | Agreement to create two-house legislature |
Three-Fifths Compromise | Only three fifths of state's slave population counted for representation |
Popular Sovereignty | Ideal that political power belongs to the people |
Federalsim | Sharing of power between cental government and the states |
Checks and Balances | Keeps any branch of government from getting too powerful |