Randolph Plan
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The Randolph Plan, better known as the Virginia Plan, was a proposal introduced at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature based on population.
All labels observed (1)
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| Randolph Plan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Randolph Plan Context triple: [Virginia Plan, alsoKnownAs, Randolph Plan]
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Galloway Plan of Union
The Galloway Plan of Union was a 1774 proposal at the First Continental Congress to create a unified colonial government under British authority in an effort to avert the American Revolution.
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Pinckney Plan
The Pinckney Plan was an early, influential but ultimately rejected draft proposal for the United States Constitution submitted by South Carolina delegate Charles Pinckney at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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Mississippi Plan of 1875
The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was a coordinated campaign of violence, intimidation, and electoral fraud by white Democrats in Mississippi to overthrow Republican Reconstruction governments and suppress Black political participation.
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Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s early Civil War strategy to blockade and economically constrict the Confederacy, likened to a snake slowly suffocating its prey.
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McMillan Plan
The McMillan Plan was an early 20th-century urban design blueprint that reshaped Washington, D.C.’s monumental core with grand boulevards, parks, and neoclassical civic spaces inspired by City Beautiful principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Randolph Plan Target entity description: The Randolph Plan, better known as the Virginia Plan, was a proposal introduced at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature based on population.
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A.
Galloway Plan of Union
The Galloway Plan of Union was a 1774 proposal at the First Continental Congress to create a unified colonial government under British authority in an effort to avert the American Revolution.
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B.
Pinckney Plan
The Pinckney Plan was an early, influential but ultimately rejected draft proposal for the United States Constitution submitted by South Carolina delegate Charles Pinckney at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Mississippi Plan of 1875
The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was a coordinated campaign of violence, intimidation, and electoral fraud by white Democrats in Mississippi to overthrow Republican Reconstruction governments and suppress Black political participation.
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D.
Paterson Plan
The Paterson Plan, formally known as the New Jersey Plan, was a proposal at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for equal representation of states in a unicameral legislature, favoring smaller states.
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Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s early Civil War strategy to blockade and economically constrict the Confederacy, likened to a snake slowly suffocating its prey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional proposal
ⓘ
plan for government ⓘ |
| advocated |
bicameral legislature
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strong national government ⓘ |
| aimedToReplace | Articles of Confederation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Virginia Plan ⓘ |
| category |
Proposals of the Philadelphia Convention
ⓘ
United States constitutional history ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | New Jersey Plan ⓘ |
| countryContext |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| favored | large states ⓘ |
| hasComponent | fifteen resolutions (original form) ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Founding of the United States ⓘ |
| influenced |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
structure of U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| inspiredCompromise |
Great Compromise
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surface form:
Connecticut Compromise
|
| introducedAt |
Constitutional Convention
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surface form:
Constitutional Convention of 1787
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| introducedBy | Edmund Randolph ⓘ |
| introducedInCity | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1787 ⓘ |
| legislatureRepresentationBasedOn |
financial contributions
ⓘ
population ⓘ |
| opposedBy | small states ⓘ |
| proposedBranch |
executive branch
ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ |
| proposedByDelegation | Virginia delegation ⓘ |
| proposedExecutiveSelectionBy | national legislature ⓘ |
| proposedJudiciarySelectionBy | national legislature ⓘ |
| proposedLegislatureType |
lower house elected by the people
ⓘ
upper house chosen by lower house ⓘ |
| supportedPrinciple |
national supremacy
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separation of powers ⓘ |
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Subject: Randolph Plan Description of subject: The Randolph Plan, better known as the Virginia Plan, was a proposal introduced at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature based on population.
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