Ch 3 WS #4

American History

 

  1. What is a republic?

 

 

  1. What was the name given to the 1st American gov’t adopted in 1781?

 

 

  1. How many votes did each state get in this new gov’t? What could the congress do and not do?

 

 

 

  1. Name two things the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did.

 

 

 

  1. Describe three problems America faced that its new gov’t was helpless at attempting to fix.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Where and when was the Constitutional Convention held? What was the initial goal of this convention?

 

 

  1. What was to determine the # of representative the states got in Congress under the Virginia Plan? The New Jersey Plan?

 

 

 

  1. What settled the question of representation in Congress?

 

 

  1. What was the 3/5 Compromise?

 

 

 

  1. What was the group in favor of the Constitution called? Those opposed?

 

 

  1. What did the group opposed to the Constitution want to see added to it?