The Great Compromise Notes

Multiple Choice

How did the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan differ in their approach to representation in the legislature?

• The Virginia Plan favored equal representation for all states, while the New Jersey Plan favored representation based on population.

• The Virginia Plan favored representation based on population, while the New Jersey Plan favored equal representation for all states.

• Both plans favored representation based on population.

• Both plans favored equal representation for all states.

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• It ended slavery in the United States.

• It created a two-house legislature that balanced the interests of large and small states.

• It gave all states equal power regardless of population.

• It established a monarchy in America.

Multiple Choice

Why was the 3/5 Compromise considered deeply unjust?

• It gave enslaved people more rights than others.

• It treated human beings as partial people and increased Southern states' power without granting rights or freedom to enslaved people.

• It allowed Northern states to dominate the government.

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the Great Compromise?

• Compromise between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

• Compromise over slavery in the Constitution

• Compromise over how the president will be elected

Multiple Choice

Who proposed the Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise?

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

• William Paterson