AMERICAN HISTORY CONNECTING WITH THE
PAST 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Weaknesses of the Articles.
Answer: Could not tax, regulate trade, enforce laws, or easily amend
the government.
◉ Constitutional Convention (1787.
Answer: Meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles that resulted
in the U.S. Constitution.
◉ Founding Fathers.
Answer: Leaders who helped create the Constitution.
◉ Alexander Hamilton.
Answer: Federalist leader who wanted a strong national
government.
◉ James Madison.
Answer: "Father of the Constitution"; proposed the Virginia Plan.
, ◉ Virginia Plan.
Answer: Plan for representation based on state population.
◉ William Paterson.
Answer: Proposed the New Jersey Plan.
◉ New Jersey Plan.
Answer: Plan for equal representation for every state.
◉ Great Compromise.
Answer: Created a two-house Congress with population-based
House and equal Senate representation.
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise.
Answer: Counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for
representation.
◉ Constitution of 1787.
Answer: Supreme law of the United States.
◉ "We the People".
Answer: Shows government gets its power from the citizens.
PAST 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Weaknesses of the Articles.
Answer: Could not tax, regulate trade, enforce laws, or easily amend
the government.
◉ Constitutional Convention (1787.
Answer: Meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles that resulted
in the U.S. Constitution.
◉ Founding Fathers.
Answer: Leaders who helped create the Constitution.
◉ Alexander Hamilton.
Answer: Federalist leader who wanted a strong national
government.
◉ James Madison.
Answer: "Father of the Constitution"; proposed the Virginia Plan.
, ◉ Virginia Plan.
Answer: Plan for representation based on state population.
◉ William Paterson.
Answer: Proposed the New Jersey Plan.
◉ New Jersey Plan.
Answer: Plan for equal representation for every state.
◉ Great Compromise.
Answer: Created a two-house Congress with population-based
House and equal Senate representation.
◉ Three-Fifths Compromise.
Answer: Counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for
representation.
◉ Constitution of 1787.
Answer: Supreme law of the United States.
◉ "We the People".
Answer: Shows government gets its power from the citizens.