SS Module 6: chapter 1 questions with
complete solutions graded A+
Constitutional convention - correct answer ✔✔meeting held in PA to create a new constitution
James Madison - correct answer ✔✔a delegate from Virginia who contributed many ideas that shaped
the Constitution
Virginia plan - correct answer ✔✔a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a
bicameral legislature made of two groups, or houses, of representatives
New Jersey Plan - correct answer ✔✔a plan giving creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature
Great Compromise - correct answer ✔✔an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house
of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house
Three-fifths compromise - correct answer ✔✔only three-fifths of a state's slaves were counted when
deciding representation in Congress
popular sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔the idea that political power belongs to the people
legislative branch - correct answer ✔✔a congress of that political belongs to the people
executive branch - correct answer ✔✔the president and the departments that help run the government
checks and balances - correct answer ✔✔a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming
too powerful
federalism - correct answer ✔✔the sharing of power between a central government and the states
complete solutions graded A+
Constitutional convention - correct answer ✔✔meeting held in PA to create a new constitution
James Madison - correct answer ✔✔a delegate from Virginia who contributed many ideas that shaped
the Constitution
Virginia plan - correct answer ✔✔a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a
bicameral legislature made of two groups, or houses, of representatives
New Jersey Plan - correct answer ✔✔a plan giving creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature
Great Compromise - correct answer ✔✔an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house
of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house
Three-fifths compromise - correct answer ✔✔only three-fifths of a state's slaves were counted when
deciding representation in Congress
popular sovereignty - correct answer ✔✔the idea that political power belongs to the people
legislative branch - correct answer ✔✔a congress of that political belongs to the people
executive branch - correct answer ✔✔the president and the departments that help run the government
checks and balances - correct answer ✔✔a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming
too powerful
federalism - correct answer ✔✔the sharing of power between a central government and the states
