Creating the Constitution

What does bicameral mean?

• 1 house

• 2 houses

• 3 houses

• 4 houses

Why does representation in a legislature matter?

• The more representatives a state has the more power it has

• States with more representatives can do whatever they want

• States want as few representatives as possible

• Representation does not matter

What is the job of a legislature?

• make laws

• decide what laws mean

• create declarations of independence

• determine who should be the president

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on ____.

• the population of each state

• one state, one vote

• number of state delegates

• delegates appointed by the president

The Virginia Plan was supported by ____.

• Populous states

• States with a smaller population

• States with a large indigenous population

• States that also supported religious freedom

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation based on _____.

• one state, one vote

• population of each state

• number of state delegates

• delegates appointed by the president

The New Jersey Plan was supported by ____.

• Populous states

• States with a smaller population

• States with a large indigenous population

• States that also supported religious freedom

How was the argument between big and small states resolved?

• Creation of the Great Compromise

• The Proclamation Line of 1763

• Treaty of Paris

• Articles of Confederation

The Great Compromise created a _____ congress.

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Salutary Neglect

• Mercantilst

What were the two houses created by the Great Compromise?

• The Senate and the House of Representatives

• Parliament and the Virginia House of Burgesses

• First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress

• Philadelphia Convention and the Mayflower Compact