Compromise and the Constitution

Which best states George Washington’s connection to the 1787 Constitutional Convention?

• He led the Constitutional Convention because he was respected throughout the nation.

• He was an honorary delegate because he had led the Continental army.

• He led the Constitutional Convention because he was known for his wisdom and humor.

• He delivered the new Constitution to Great Britain as an ambassador.

During the Constitutional Convention, delegates disagreed over

• whether enslaved people should be freed from plantations in the South.

• whether enslaved people should have representatives at the proceedings.

• how enslaved people should be counted for purposes of state representation.

• how enslaved people’s votes should be counted when electing representatives.

Why did Southern and Northern delegates disagree over whether the new Congress should have the commerce power?

• Southerners feared it would lead to the end of slavery.

• Southerners feared it would lead to slavery in the North.

• Northerners feared it would lead to expanded slavery.

• Northerners feared it would lead to the end of slavery.

The Constitutional Convention created a House of Representatives as a part of the

• Unicameral Compromise.

• Great Compromise.

• Three-Fifths Compromise.

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.

What compromise was crafted between the New Jersey and Virginia plans?

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Virginia Compromise

• the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• the Great Compromise

During the Constitutional Convention, small states such as New Jersey argued that

• a state’s congressional representation should be based on its geographic size.

• each state should decide for itself the number of representatives it has.

• all states should have same number of congressional representatives.

• a state’s congressional representation should be based on its population.

Which event convinced American leaders to call the Grand Convention?

• the Virginia Plan

• Shay's Rebellion

• the Constitutional Convention

• the Great Compromise

The purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention was to revise the

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

Who took notes during the Constitutional Convention and earned the nickname “Father of the Constitution”?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

The result of the Great Compromise was a

• unicameral Congress, with an equal number of representatives from each state.

• unicameral Congress, with representation based on population.

• bicameral Congress, with representation in one house restricted to large states.

• bicameral Congress, with representation in one house based on population.