Constitutional Convention Knowledge Assessment

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Name the Rebellion that showed the Articles of Confederation was weak, and people lost trust in the government's ability to protect them.

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Shay's Rebellion

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A Meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation but created a new government, the US Constitution.

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Constitutional Convention

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How many delegates were present at the Constitutional Convention?

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55

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In what city and building was the Constitutional Convention held?

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Philadelphia, Independence Hall

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Which state refused to send a delegation to the Constitutional Convention?

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Rhode Island

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What did the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan have in common?

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3 branches of government

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States with large populations favored which plan?

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Virginia

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States with smaller populations favored which plan?

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New Jersey

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Set up a bicameral legislature, one house would have representation based on population and the other would have equal state representation

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Great Compromise

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What settled the debate between the Virginia Plan (big state) and the New Jersey plan (small state)?

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The Great Compromise