AMERICAN HISTORY CONNECTING WITH THE PAST 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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.