Topic 4-Lesson 2: The Constitutional Convention

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What best describes the type of government proposed in the New Jersey Plan? Options: a loose confederation based largely on the Articles of Confederation, a strong central government based largely on the British constitution, a pure democracy in which all leaders are elected directly by the people, a balanced government containing elements of monarchy and democracy

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a loose confederation based largely on the Articles of Confederation

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was created to address the difference in population between the North and South.

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the difference in population between the North and South.

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Which of these points did supporters of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan both agree on?
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Congress should have the ability to impose taxes.
The President should command the nation's armed forces.
Representation in Congress should be based on the states' populations.
The Executive Branch should be a committee of members from each state.

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Congress should have the ability to impose taxes.

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Alexander Hamilton believed that the new government should

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contain elements of monarchy and aristocracy as well as republicanism.

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What major problems with the Articles of Confederation was the Constitutional Convention meant to address? Options: the lack of a democratically elected national legislature, Congress' inability to levy taxes or regulate interstate commerce, the President's inability to command the armed forces or negotiate treaties, the lack of a national court to enforce basic civil liberties across the states

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Congress' inability to levy taxes or regulate interstate commerce

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The representatives from five states that gathered at Annapolis asked Congress to call another meeting because they knew that the consent of every state would be needed to change the Articles of Confederation.

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knew that the consent of every state would be needed to change the Articles of Confederation.

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The outcome of the Constitutional Convention differed from the original purpose of the meeting because the meeting was originally intended to

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amend rather than completely replace the Articles of Confederation.

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Which of the following people would have been most likely to serve as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787? a white small farmer from the Northwest Territory, a freed African American landowner from Connecticut, a wealthy white plantation owner from Virginia, an immigrant middle-class New York City merchant

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a wealthy white plantation owner from Virginia

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At the Constitutional Convention, discussions of slavery were tied up with debates about which other issue?

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congressional representation

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Which factor contributed most to the Constitutional provision regarding the Migration or Importation of Persons as stated in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution? Options: the delegates' desire to balance liberty and democracy, the delegates' fear that a slave rebellion might break out, the delegates' widely different opinions on the issue of slavery, the view of most delegates that slavery was vital to the economy

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the delegates' widely different opinions on the issue of slavery