Constitutional Convention

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Which of the following was NOT one of the main issues up for debate during the Constitutional Convention?

• How to determine representation in Congress
• How to make the president more powerful than anyone else
• How to share powers between the states and federal govt
• How to share powers between the three branches

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How to make the president more powerful than anyone else

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What was the main thing agreed upon in the 3/5 Compromise?

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Enslaved people would count as 3/5 of a person in representation

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What was the Great Compromise? Options: The Virginia Plan, The New Jersey Plan, A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, A destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans

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A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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What does the political cartoon represent?

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3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

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Determining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate caused -
Options: conflict between the north and the south, conflict between the large states & the small states, conflict between the middle colonies, the southern colonies & the New England colonies, conflict between all the delegates

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conflict between the large states & the small states

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What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision? Options: The Great Compromise, Constitutional Convention, The 3/5 Compromise, Shay's Rebellion

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Shay's Rebellion

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What did the smaller states want in Congress?

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equal representation for all states in Congress

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What occurred in Philadelphia, PA?

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The Constitutional Convention

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What was New Jersey's plan?

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All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation

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What was Virginia's plan? Options: Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population, All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation, That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive, That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

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Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population