Great Compromise / 3/5 Compromise

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation in government based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

What kind of congress did the Great Compromise establish?

• 1 House that controls everything
• 2 Houses that have no power
• 2 Houses that both vote on laws
• 2 Houses that take turns being in charge

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves would be counted towards representation
• How states would be represented
• Borders of states

Congress is made up of two houses, which one is based on population?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

Congress is made up of two houses, which one has equal representation of 2 representatives per state?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

The Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise were both resolved by the Delegates of the--

• House of Burgesses
• Continental Congress
• Parliament
• Constitutional Convention

What was the primary reason to hold the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• the need to provide debt relief to farmers
• the need to create a stronger national government 
• to deal with the Indian attacks on the frontier
• to protect personal liberties from government abuses

What was a key feature of the Virginia plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• equal representation for each state
• representation based on population
• keeping a unicameral legislature
• equal representation for all men