Constitutional Convention Review Quiz

The Constitutional Convention was a meeting to _________________.

• fix one major part of the Articles of Confederation

• figure out how to stop Shay's Rebellion

• create a new Constitution

• determine who would be the 1st President

Who is the "Father of the Constitution?

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

• William Paterson

• James Madison

The Virginia Plan was a brilliant political move on the part for state rights.

• True

• False

The Convention was launched as _______________________.

• ultralegal body

• extralegal body

• minimumlegal body

• sketchylegal body

What was the counterproposal the Virginia Plan?

• New Jersey Plan

• Rhode Island Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

• New York Plan

Which Plan or Compromise favored the idea for 1 representative per state?

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

What Compromise helped Southern states obtain more representation in Congress?

• Interstate Commerce

• The implementation of the Electoral College system

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

How did the new U.S. Constitution deal with slavery?

• It made it illegal

• Only Southern states could have slaves

• It stated, slavery would only be allowed for another 75 years

• It did not

The Virginia Plan was in favor of proportional and equal representation.

• True

• False

Under the Commerce Compromise, Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and Congress would not be able to interfere with the slave trade for a period of at least twenty years.

• True

• False