Question

The Federalist Papers were designed to win support for ratification in which two states?
A) Rhode Island and Delaware
B) New York and Virginia
C) George and South Carolina
D) Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
E) Connecticut and New Hampshire

Answer 1

Hint: The Federalist Papers are a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pen name "Publius" to encourage ratification of the United States Constitution. The Federalist Papers was the name given to the collection until the twentieth century when it was renamed.

Complete answer:
These two states are New York and Virginia. The Federalist Papers were designed to win support for ratification in which two states.

To rewrite the Articles of Confederation, a meeting was held in Philadelphia in 1787. On the other side, many attendees planned to use the conference to draft a new constitution. Except for Rhode Island, all states sent representatives to the Convention, albeit not all of them attended. State representation was a major topic during the Convention. Under the Articles, each state had one vote in Congress.

The states with the most people wanted representation according to their population (proportional representation). The Virginia Plan, devised by James Madison of Virginia, provided proportional representation and gave Congress considerable powers. On the other hand, the smaller states supported William Paterson's New Jersey Plan, which pushed for equal participation. The New Jersey Plan increased Congress' power as well, but not as much as the Virginia Plan did.

The issue threatened to bring the Convention to a standstill, but Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the "Great Compromise" (or Connecticut Compromise), in which one house of Congress would be based on proportional representation while the other would be based on equal representation. The Convention was saved once the Compromise was agreed. Compromises were vital in resolving other disagreements at the Convention.

The Three-Fifths Compromise stated that three-fifths of the slave population be taken into account when determining congressional representation. After 1808, Congress agreed to outlaw the slave trade. Concerns about the President's empowerment and election were also addressed. As a result, the Electoral College was established to choose the nation's leader.

Therefore the correct answer is ‘B’. These two states are New York and Virginia. The Federalist Papers were designed to win support for ratification in which two states.

Note: Out of three articles mentioned above, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used only before singular nouns. They cannot be used before a plural noun. ‘The’ on the other hand can be used before singular as well as before plural nouns. The usage of ‘a’ and ‘an’ is also dependent on the sound of the first letter of the noun, whereas while using ‘the’ we can place it before words starting with either vowels or consonants.