Civics Diagnostics Ch. 5

Which part of the U.S. Constitution states the six purposes of government? 

• Bill of Rights 
• Article IV
• Preamlbe 
• Article I

Which plan for state representation did the small states support?

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

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

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

Which states wanted to count enslaved people in the total population count?

• small states
• northern states
• western states
• southern states

Which plan for state representation did the larger, more populous, states support?

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

Which word refers to "two houses" in Congress?

• unicameral
• bicameral
• tricameral
• quadricameral

Which compromise stated that for every 5 slaves, 3 of them would count towards population and taxation?

• Great Compromise
• Good Compromise
• 3/5 Compromise
• Constitutional Compromise

Why was "The Great Compromise" so important?

• It created the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• Smaller states had more power in the government.
• Larger states had more power in the government.
• People never argued again.

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--

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

Why did Anti-Federalists not like the Constitution?

• it lacked a Bill of Rights
  
• it lacked a Declaration of Rights
• it lacked a President
• it lacked the power to collect taxes