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The first written plan of government for the United States was called
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The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Northwest Ordinance
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The meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution was called the
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American Revolution
Northwest Ordinance
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Northwest Territory
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The first written plan of government for the United States was called
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The meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution was called the
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This established a system for how the President & Vice President would be elected
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The plan that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
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A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed was called the
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A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 after the American Revolution.
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To ratify means:
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A country governed by elected officials is called a
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The agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives was called the
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James Madison was known as which of the following:
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"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states.
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The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population, this plan favored smaller states.
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The rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures was called...
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The supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures were called
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Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption were called