| A | B |
| 3/5 Compromise | Created to settle northern fears that the South would inflate the population count. |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Outlawed tax on exports |
| New Jersey Plan | Small States plan for the new U.S. Government |
| Virginia Plan | Large States plan for the new U.S. Government |
| Connecticut Compromise | a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives |
| Federalists | Supported the new Constitution without a Bill of Rights |
| Anti Federalists | Opposed ratification of the New Constitution |
| The Federalist Papers | A convincing commentary on the need to ratify the Constitution |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. |
| Virginia Plan | a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature. |
| New Jersey Plan | Called for a plural Presidency |
| New Jersey Plan | Called for the New Government to resemble the failed Articles of Confederation, but with a slightly stronger Central Government |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Forbid Congress from restricting the slave trade for 20 years |
| Virginia Plan | 3-Branches, Bi cameral, Parliamentary |
| Objections to New Const. | God not mentioned, States can't print money, no bill of rights |
| Bill of Rights | What was not present in the Constitution when Const. was ratified? |
| Separation of Powers | "Accumulation of all powers... in the same hands is the very definition of tyranny," was Madison's argument for which Const. Principle? |