Creating the Constitution

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• It replaced the Land Ordinance of 1785.

• It established how territories could become states.

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be what?

• president of the convention

• president of the United States

Which of these describes the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• Most had extensive political experience.

• They gave interviews to reporters.

A republic is a country governed by who?

• three branches of government

• elected representatives

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

• two houses of Congree with representation based on state population

• one house of congress with equal representation from each state

What was a feature of both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• a national governments with two branches

• a national government with three branches

Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

• delegates from large states

• delegates from small states

What was a feature of the Great Compromise?

• a one-house Congress

• a Senate with two senators from each state

By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most enslaved people lived where?

• the North

• the South

The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each enslaved person to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining what?

• representation in the House of Representatives

• the number of enslaved people in each state