Topic 2 Lesson 3: Creating a New Constitution

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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to revise the Articles of Confederation

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Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention decide not to revise the Articles of Confederation, as they were instructed to do?

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They concluded that a few changes would not be enough to solve the nation’s problems.

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Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention agree to the Great Compromise?

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to settle the question of representation in Congress

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What dispute did the Three-Fifths Compromise settle?

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how enslaved African Americans would be counted for representation

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What differences were at the center of several compromises at the Constitutional Convention? Options: between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, between those who wanted a single president or a committee, between those who favored and opposed having a Supreme Court, between delegates from Northern and Southern states

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between delegates from Northern and Southern states

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What did Federalists promise to add to the Constitution to gain support in enough states for ratification? Options: statehood for the Northwest Territory, a federal bill of rights, a ban on the slave trade, the Electoral College

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a federal bill of rights