The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise, which was adopted at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, was to
Creating the Constitution Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Balance power between lard and small population states
Provide a means to decide disputed Presidential elections
Allow Congress to override Presidential vetos
Reduce the fear of loss of representation by Southern States with large slave populations
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented on the basis of their population in both houses of government?
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
Sherman Plan
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What term refers to a form of government in which power is divided between the national government and states?
federalism
democracy
republic
representative democracy
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented equally in government?
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
Sherman Plan
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution, in part because it did not provide
a bill of rights.
a strong national government
equal state representation.
a system for amending the Constitution
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The ____ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives.
Virginia Plan
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
New Jersey Plan
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons?
the Three-Fifths Compromise
the New Jersey Plan
the Cotton Compromise
the Five-Thirds Plan
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