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Topic 1: 200• Question:• This plan was also known as the “large states”

and lead to a congressional house based on population.

• Answer• The Virginia Plan

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Topic 1: 400• Question:• This plan was also known as the “small states”

plan and led to a congressional house based on equality.

• Answer• The New Jersey Plan

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Topic 1: 600• Question:• What was the name of the compromise that

created a bicameral (2 house) legislature. One based on equality and one based on population.

• Answer• The Great Compromise

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Topic 1: 800• Question:• What was the name of the compromise that

states that slaves would count as 3/5th of a person for both representation and tax purposes?

• Answer• 3/5th compromise.

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Topic 1: 1000• Question:• What was the name of the compromise that

was reached that determines how the president is elected?

• Answer• Electoral College

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Topic 2: 200• Question:• What is a tax on imported and exported goods

called? • Answer• Tariff

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Topic 2: 400• Question:• This is a period of low economic activity

combined with a rise in unemployment.• Answer• Depression

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Topic 2: 600• Question:• This is a set of basic principles and laws that

states the powers and duties of government. • Answer• A constitution.

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Topic 2: 800• Question:• This is a written law passed by a legislative

(someone who makes the laws) body.• Answer• Statute

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Topic 2: 1000• Question:• This occurs when there are increased prices

for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.

• Answer• Inflation.

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Topic 3: 200• Question:• This person was known as the father of The

Constitution. • Answer• James Madison

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Topic 3: 400• Question:• This was America’s 1st constitution, it failed. • Answer• Articles of Confederation.

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Topic 3: 600• Question:• This was an English law written in 1215 that

took power away from the king and made him subject to the law. The framers used this as a basis for establishing the U.S. government.

• Answer• Magna Carta

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Topic 3: 800• Question:• This term means when there is trade between

two or more states.• Answer• Interstate Commerce

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Topic 3: 1000• Question:• This ordinance divided new acquired western

lands, in the Ohio Valley, into 36 square miles divided into 36 lots. Once an area reached 60,000 people it could apply for statehood.

• Answer• Land Ordinance of 1785

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Topic 4: 200• Question:• This was held in Philadelphia in 1787 to look at

failures of the Articles of Confederation and re-write it.

• Answer• Constitution Convention.

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Topic 4: 400

• Question:• This rebellion of Massachusetts’s farmers

made the framers analyze the Articles of Confederation to determine whether it would a strong constitution.

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Topic 4: 600• Question:• Explain one economic problem the U.S. faced

as a young country. • Answer• Inflation• Depression • Interstate Commerce

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Topic 4: 800• Question:• Explain one problem the new American nation

faced when dealing with foreign countries. • Answer• War• Trade issues• Alliances

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Topic 4: 1000• Question:• Who were the two groups who fought each

other during the U.S. Constitution ratification process? One group supported The Constitution and the other was opposed to it.

• Answer• Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

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Topic 5: 200• Question:• This a system in which no one branch of the

government can gain too much power, in other words this system prevents a president from becoming a king.

• Answer• Checks and balances

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Topic 5: 400• Question:• This term means the right to vote. • Answer• Suffrage

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Topic 5: 600• Question:• This is when the federal government

(Washington DC) shares power with a state government.

• Answer• Federalism

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Topic 5: 800• Question:• What Congressional House did the NJ Plan

lead to? • Answer• The Senate

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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• What Congressional House did the Virginia

Plan lead to?• Answer• The House of Representatives.

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• Who is considered the primary author of the

New Jersey Plan. • Answer• William Patterson.

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Daily DoubleThis term means when there is trade between two or more states.

Daily Double

This is when the federal government (Washington DC) shares power with a state government.