Constitutional Convention Flashcard Review

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A compromise means to ...

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get some of what you want but not everything you want

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This person proposed the idea of three branches of the government and was known as the "Father of the Constitution."

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James Madison

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The Virginia Plan represented ..

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big states with lots of people

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The New Jersey Plan represented

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small states with a small population

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Which statement about the Constitutional Convention is correct: there were 55 delegates present including lawyers, planters, women and Native Americans, there were 55 delegates that were all men and all white and were mostly well off, there were 55 delegates including 5 from Rhode Island, there were 55 delegates including loyalists and patriots?

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there were 55 delegates that were all men and all white and were mostly well off

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Did all 13 colonies send delegates to Philadelphia?

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No

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The leader or president of the Constitutional Convention was ...

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George Washington

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The Great Compromise was proposed by ...

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Roger Sherman

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Today America no longer follows the Constitution framed in 1787. It has been replaced by the Political Party Rights document adopted in 1976. True or False?

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False

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The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

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Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan