Lesson 10 Review: Creating the Constitution (V2)

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What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

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It established how territories could become states.

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At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be

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president of the convention.

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Which of these describes the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
Options:
They represented all 13 states.
All supported a strong national government.
Most had extensive political experience.
They gave interviews to reporters.

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Most had extensive political experience.

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A republic is a country governed

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by elected representatives.

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What did the Virginia Plan propose?

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two houses of Congress with representation based on state population

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

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a national government with three branches

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Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

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delegates from small states

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What was a feature of the Great Compromise?

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a Senate with two senators from each state

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By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most slaves lived in

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the South.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise called for slaves to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining

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representation in the House of Representatives.