Compromises of the Constitutional Convention
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6th - 8th Grade
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Karen Lewis
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
During the Constitutional Convention, William Paterson, in response to the Virginia Plan, presented the delegates with the New Jersey Plan which -
proposed a bi-cameral legislative branch with representation based on the population of each state
called for the same one vote per state representation as under the Articles of Confederation
allowed the Southern states to continue the practie of slavery while the nothern states built factories
designated that each slave would count at three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?
Virginia Plan
3/5 Compromise
Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At the Constitutional Convention the delegates debated for several weeks on the organization of the legislative branch. James Madison proposed the Virginia Plan, while William Patterson countered with the New Jersey Plan. Finally the delegates agreed to a compromise put forth by Roger Sherman which -
created a two house Congress with representation based on the population in house and equality in the other house
believed in extending voting rights to all white men, thus eliminating the previous property requirements
kept the previous organization set forth in the Articles of Confederation which allowed for one vote per state
allowed California to join the new country as a free state but gave the South the Fugitive Slave Act
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which plan called for representation based on the states' population, benefited the large states?
Treaty of Ghent
Fugitive Slave Act
Articles of Confederation
Virginia Plan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -
proposing a new strategy to proceed with the abolition of slavery
creating a plan for representation of both large and small states
whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution
if Missouri should be allowed to join the country as a free state
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
"Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among several states which may be included withing this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service by a term of "years" and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons."
This excerpt from the Constitution deals with the issues debated at the Constitutional Convention.
if native Americans should have the same rights as white colonists
if all others besides white men should be allowed to have voting rights
how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes
how large and small states should have their representatives divided.
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