Chapter 2 Section 4 Study Guide-History

Attended the Constitutional Convention as the oldest delegate

Benjamin Franklin

Served as president of the Constitutional Convention

Edmund Randolph

Called for a unicameral legislature with one vote per state and no federal court system

New Jersey Plan

Plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation from each state

New Jersey Plan

Plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and representation based on state population in the House.

The Great Compromise

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention such as George Washington and James Madison

Framers

Hailed as the Father of the Constitution

George Washington

Protected interests of states with small and large populations by creating a bicameral legislature

Great Compromise

Proposed the Virginia Plan

James Madison

Proposed the Great Compromise

Roger Sherman

Plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that called for a government with three separate branches including a bicameral legislature with representation based on each state's population or wealth.

The Virginia Plan

Plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that declared that three-fifths of the enslaved people in a state be counted when determining the state's population

Three-fifths compromise

The ___________ was the agreement by which delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to factor in a state's enslaved population as part of its total population when determining the number or representatives it would receive in the House. (Great Compromise/Three-Fifths Compromise)

Three-fifths compromise

The ____________ called for congressional representation based on population and was popular among the larger states. (Virginia Plan/New Jersey Plan)

Virginia Plan

Proposed the New Jersey Plan

William Paterson