The Birth of the Constitution: Assessment

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the

• Florida Plan
• Great Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

The Constitutional Convention met in the city of

• Philadelphia
• New York
• Boston
• Trenton

Senators in the Senate are chosen by:

• Population
• Equality

The Constitutional Convention met in the city of

• Philadelphia
• New York
• Boston
• Trenton

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the

• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• Crimean War

Before the adoption of the Constitution, the newly independent states were joined by the

• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Bill of Rights

The Constitution needed the approval of how many states?

• seven
• nine
• thirteen
• five

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the

• Florida Plan
• Great Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

The number of representatives each state has in the House depends on

• how big the state is
• when the state was admitted
• the population of the state
• how rich the state is

Members of the House of Representatives are elected for

• four years
• two years
• life
• six years