Chapter 6

Question 1

What was James Madison’s nickname?

Answer 1

The Father of the Constitution

Question 2

What problems did Madison solve in the constitution?

Answer 2

• Question of sovereignty
• Question of limiting power

Question 3

How did Madison solve the problems in the constitution?

Answer 3

• Federalism
• Checks and Balances

Question 4

What is Federalism?

Answer 4

the division of powers between the national and state governments

Question 5

What was the Annapolis Convention?

Answer 5

• Discussed the interstate trade problems
• Only 5 states came
• Hamilton proposed another Constitutional Convention

Question 6

What was the Virginia Plan?

Answer 6

• Bicameral system
• Representation to congress based on population
• Supported by larger states
• Rejected state sovereignty in favor of the supremacy of the national government

Question 7

What was the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 7

• Unicameral
• Equal representation in Congress
• Supported by smaller states who feared losing power in the Federal government

Question 8

What was the Great/Connecticut Compromise?

Answer 8

• Bicameral system
• Equal representation in the Senate
• Representation by population in House of Representatives

Question 9

What was the 3/5th clause?

Answer 9

• 3/5ths of slaves counted as population in determining representation
• gave slave holding states disproportionate political power
• let slavery prevail for longer

Question 10

What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

Answer 10

required that enslaved people who escaped to other states be returned to their owners

Question 11

What did Southern states think about slavery in population?

Answer 11

• wanted to count their slaves as part of the population for representation
• Opposed counting them for the purpose of determining tax

Question 12

What did Northern states think about slavery in population?

Answer 12

• favored counting slaves for the purpose of determining taxes
• Opposed counting them as representative of population

Question 13

What did Benjamin Franklin want for slavery?

Answer 13

• Franklin led Quakers
• He submitted a petition to call for the end of slavery and slave trade together
• Framed it as a moral inconsistency for the nation
• Gradual Emancipation
• Compensation to owners
• Colonization to send freed people abroad

Question 14

How did Southerners respond to Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 14

• Southern congressmen reacted furiously
• Southern states relied on slavery for their plantations and also electoral votes.

Question 15

What was Virginia’s population like?

Answer 15

• Large free black population
• Largest slaveholding state

Question 16

What are the three branches?

Answer 16

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Question 17

What does the Legislative branch do?

Answer 17

• the House and Senate
• Propose and pass bills
• declare war
• ratify treaties

Question 18

What does the executive branch do?

Answer 18

• president
• sign or veto a bill
• appoint judges
• commands military

Question 19

What does the Judicial branch do?

Answer 19

• interprets bills and laws
• declares acts unconstitutional