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Chapter 3 “The Constitution” Study Guide Terms Constitutional Convention Amendment Legislative Branch Bill of Rights Executive Branch Income Tax Judicial Branch Popular Sovereignty Great Compromise Rule of Law Three-Fifths Compromise Separation of Powers Electoral College Checks and Balances Federalists Expressed Powers Federalism Reserved Powers Anti-Federalists Concurrent Powers Preamble Study Questions 1. Who did delegates unanimously agree should preside over the Constitutional Convention? 2. Although elected as a delegate, ________________________ opposed the Constitutional Convention and did not attend. 3. The ________________ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives. 4. What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons? 5. The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called ___________________. 6. The middle part of the _______________________ states the six purposes of government. 7. The powers and duties of the __________________ include dealing with the leaders of other countries. 8. The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise_________________. 9. According to the ______________________, the law applies to everyone, even those who govern. 10. What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government? 11. _____________________ was a famous diplomat, writer, inventor, and scientist who attended the Constitutional Convention. 12. Because its leaders opposed a stronger central government, ____________________ was not represented at the Constitutional Convention. 13. A committee headed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the _____________ _____________. 14. What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president? 15. The ______________________ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties. 16. What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will work? 17. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the _____________________. 18. _________________________ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people. 19. What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful? 20. ________________________ are held by both state and federal governments. 21. Who is the “Father of the Constitution”, author of the Virginia Plan, and kept a diary of the Constitutional Convention? 22. The participants at the convention agreed to keep all discussions __________________. 23. What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented on the basis of their population in both houses of government? 24. What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented equally in government? 25. In what city, state, and year did the Constitutional Convention take place? ESSAY: 1. What are the three parts of the U.S. Constitution and explain the purpose of each. 2. Explain how the Great Compromise combined elements of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. 3. Why was it necessary for the leaders of the Constitutional Convention to compromise on certain issues?