Constitutional Convention Issues Review

​Constitutional Convention Issue #1

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Multiple Choice

True or False: The delegates agreed to amend the Articles of Confederation instead of write a brand new Constitution at the Convention.

• false

• true

Multiple Choice

What was the first major issue debated at the Constitutional Convention

• Slavery

• Representation in Congress

• Choosing and Executive Leader

• Admitting new states to the union

Multiple Choice

Who presented the Virginia Plan to the convention?

• James Madison and Edmund Randolp

• William Paterson

• George Washington and John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Who presented the New Jersey Plan to the convention?

• James Madison and Edmund Randolp

• William Paterson

• George Washington and John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

____________ states liked the Virginia Plan

• larger

• smaller

• richer

• poorer

Multiple Choice

____________ states liked the New Jersey Plan

• larger

• smaller

• richer

• poorer

Multiple Choice

Roger Sherman came up with a solution to the State Representation issue called

• The Great Agreement

• The Great Compromise

• The Great Fixer

• The Great Idea

Multiple Choice

The Great Compromise had ______ houses in Congress

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

The House of Representatives gave states representation based on what?

• wealth

• military power

• population

• natural resources

Multiple Choice

The Senate gives each state how many Senators?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Constitutional Convention Issue #2

Multiple Choice

What was the second major issue debated at the Constitutional Convention?

• Slavery

• Representation in Congress

• Choosing and Executive Leader

• Admitting new states to the union

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787, and almost 90% of enslaved persons lived in Southern States

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Why did Northern states not want eslaved people counted as part of the South's population?

• The North morally opposed slavery

• The North wanted slavery to spread to their states too

• The North didn't want the South to have more representatives in the House

• The North wanted to become an independent country from the South

Multiple Choice

The delegates decided that enslaved persons would count as _______ of a citizen when calculating each state's population and their number of representatives

• one-half

• two-thirds

• three-fourths

• three-fifths

Multiple Choice

The Slave Trade Clause gave _____ the power to regulate slavery until 1808

• the federal government

• the states

• the colonies

• the president

Multiple Choice

True or False: Both Northern and Southern states benefited economically from slavery

• true

• false