The Consitutional Convention

Which branch of government consists of a system of courts to interpret the law?

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative

What is an agreement in which both parties give up part of what they want

• Treaty
• Compromise
• Contract

Under which plan would all states have equal representation in Congress?

• Virginia Plan 
• 3/5 Compromise
• New Jersey Plan 
• New York Plan

Which plan benefited large states because all representation in Congress was based on population?

• Virginia Plan 
• New Jersey Plan 
• 3/5 Compromise
• New York Plan

Which state did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?

• Virginia
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• Delaware

This idea was proposed by Roger Sherman in order to satisfy both large and small states. It allowed for one house of Congress to be based on population and the other house to have an equal number of representatives

• 3/5 Compromise
• Treaty of Paris
• New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromise

An agreement made in order to keep the southern states as part of the union - allowed for slaves to be partially counted in the population when determining the number of representatives for the state

• The Great Compromise
• 3/5 Compromise
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

What issue caused disagreements between the northern and southern states?

• Taxes
• Slave trade
• Representation 
• Who should be president

All of the following were delegates at the Constitutional Convention except...

• George Washington
• James Madison
• Gouverneur Morris
• Ethan Allen

The beginning part of the Constitution is called the...

• Preamble
• Introduction
• Post Script