home

The Great Compromise Metaphor

The New Jersey Plan was proposed by William Patterson. This plan was made because the smaller states were worried about losing power to the larger states. They wanted equal representation. There were three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch would choose people to serve in the executive branch and the executive branch would elect the justices for the Supreme Court. The legislative branch was unicameral, one house. They wanted the states to be represented equally and have the same amount of power. The national government could collect taxes, check on trade. The state laws would be lower to the laws that were made by the national legislature. || Great Compromise
 * New Jersey Plan
 * New Jersey Plan

The Great Compromise was a combination of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. Robert Sherman proposed his compromise plan. The legislative branch would have two houses. Each state would get to have two representatives for the senate. This made things more equal. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives from each state was determined by how many people were in the state. || Virginia Plan The Virginia Plan wanted to have 2 branches of the legislation. They wanted to have the larger states (like Virginia) have more representation then the smaller states. Edmund Randolph represented the Virginia Plan. They had 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch had the most power and chose the people that served in the other two branches. The legislature was bicameral which meant they had two houses. The people would elect the House of Representatives and the senate was elected by state legislatures. The legislature could regulate trade, take away laws, and could use guns to enforce laws. The judicial branch was the court system. The executive branch was run by the president and enforces the laws. ||

** Constitution Search **

Answers will be in Article 1 (Legislative), 2 (Executive), or 3 (Judicial) 1. What is the length of a term of office for members of the U.S. House of Representatives? They served 2 year terms at a time. 2. How old do you have to be in order to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives? You have to be at least 25 years old. 3. Who has the power to propose a law to raise taxes? The Legislative Branch. 4. Who has the sole of power of impeachment? (kicking someone out of office) The Vice President. 5. What is the length of a term of office for members of the U.S. Senate? They had a 6 year terms. 6. How old do you have to be in order to be a member of the U.S. Senate? You had to be at least 30 years old. 7. Who must approve people, like ambassadors, judges and cabinet members, that the president appoints? The Senate and House of Representatives. 8. Who must approve any treaties that are made with foreign countries? The Legislative Branch. 9. Who has the sole power to try impeachments (bring to trial)? The Judicies of the Judicial branch. 10. Who can make laws? (legislative powers) The senate and the house of representatives. 11. Who has the power to declare war? The Legislative branch. 12. What can the Congress do if the president vetoes one of their bills? The congress and senate re-votes on it and it gets a 66% vote, it gets passed. 13. Who has the power to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution? (answer is in Article 5) The Congress. 14. What is the length of a term of office for the president of the United States? 4 years, and only be re-elected twice. 15. How old do you have to be in order to be president of the United States? You have to be at least 35. 16. Who has the power to approve or VETO laws? The President. 17. Who has the power to make treaties with foreign countries? The President. 18. Who has the power to nominate judges to the Supreme Court? The President. 19. Who has the power to nominate ambassadors, judges and cabinet members? The President. 20. Who is the Commander in Chief of all U.S. military forces? The President. 21. What is the length of a term of office for the Justices of the United States Supreme Court? Their term was for life. 22. Who has the power to review all laws and treaties of the United States? The Judicial Government. 23. Who has the power to settle disputes involving the United States? (When someone sues the government) The Judicial Government. 24. Who has the power to settle disputes between different states? T he Judicial Branch. 25. Who presides over any impeachment trial of the president of the United States? (They bang the gavel, call witnesses, etc…) The House of Representatives.

media type="custom" key="7844305"