The Constitutional Convention: Compromises

How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?

• Three branches of the national government were formed.

• A federal court system was established.

• The House of Representatives and Senate were created.

• A cabinet was formed to advise the President.

Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

• Congress was given two houses.

• A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

• Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

• A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• It established a faster process for passing national laws.

• It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.

• It gave both poor as well as wealthy citizens a role in enacting laws.

• It permitted African Americans and women a voice in government.

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?

• Senate & House of Representatives

• Compromises & Constitutional Convention

• New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan

• Checks & Balances

Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Missouri Compromise

Not allowing one branch of the government to have too much power is known as?

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Great Compromise

• Shay's Rebellion

What was the main issue at the Constitutional Convention?

• To take away the rights of the people.

• Deciding whether the national government or the states should be stronger.

• Deciding who should be the president of the United States.

• To print more money.

The Federal System stated that ___________.

• The right to govern would be shared by the national and state governments.

• All rights would be given to the national government.

• All rights would be given to the states.

• Both the national government and the states lost their rights.