Constitutional Compromises

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The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

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Great Compromise

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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

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creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

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Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

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Three-fifths compromise

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During the Constitutional Convention, James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise which dealt with how

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slaves would be counted as population for representation and taxation purposes.

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Which of these would complete the diagram? Alien and Sedition Acts, Constitutional Convention, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence

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Constitutional Convention

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How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?

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The House of Representatives and Senate were created.

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Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?

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Senate & House of Representatives

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The first American government, which was in place during the Revolutionary War and for almost 10 years afterwards, was the _____________.

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Articles of Confederation

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One issue that was hotly debated at the Constitutional Convention, was the question of representation. Another issue was-

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Slavery

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Which group of states benefited the most from the Three-Fifths Compromise? Options: Eastern States, Northern States, Southern States, Western States

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Southern States