Compromises in US History

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 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

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?

• popular sovereignty
• the 36'30" parallel
• one would be a slave state, the other a free state
• Rock, Paper, Scissors

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves should be counted for representation
• How states should be represented
• Borders of states

Who is the author of the Great Compromise?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Roger Sherman
• James Madison

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

Before the 3/5 Compromise, Southern states wanted slaves to count for--

• Taxes
• Population

Before the 3/5 Compromise, Southern states wanted slaves to count for--

• Taxes
• Population

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

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