2. Chapter 8 Vocabulary Review…Creating the Constitution

3. New Jersey Plan ~This plan called for a government with three branches of government. Representation was NOT based on population. Each state gets an equal vote no matter how big or small.

4. Electoral College ~the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.

5. ratify ~to approve

6. Northwest Ordinance ~this set up a government for the Northwest Territory and outlawed slavery

7. compromise ~an agreement in which both sides in a dispute agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement two- house Congress House of Representatives- based on population Senate – two from each state

8. Virginia Plan ~This plan called for a strong national government with three branches of government. Representation was based on population. Large states got more votes than smaller states. Legislative Executive Judicial

9. Articles of Confederation ~ the first constitution of the United States

10. republic ~a country governed by elected representatives

11. Constitution ~a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

12. arsenal ~a gun warehouse