The Constitution part 1

The main purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to do what?

• Write the new Constitution
• Fix the Articles of Confederation

Who wanted the new federal government to be just strong enough to take care of things like war, taxes, and trade?

• Small and Southern states
• Large and Northern states
• Large states
• Southern states

Why did some of the delegates not want to give the general public much input in the new government?

• They wanted only rich landowners to votes
• Believed the public was too ignorant
• Worried the public would try to take away power
• Didn't want them to have a say at all

What was the biggest issue debated at the Constitutional Convention?

• Creating an Executive Branch
• Creating a Legislative Branch
• Creating a Judicial Branch

Which plan wanted a unicameral legislature with equal votes for all states?

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• New York Plan
• West Virginia Plan

Which plan wanted a bicameral legislature based on state population?

• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• New York Plan
• West Virginia Plan

Unicameral means _____.

• 1 house
• 2 houses
• 3 houses
• 4 houses

Bicameral means ____.

• 1 house
• 2 houses
• 3 houses
• 4 houses

Under the Great Compromise, the federal government would have a _______ legislature.

• Bicameral
• Unicameral
• Tricameral
• Quadricameral

Under the Great Compromise, the upper house would be...

• Equal votes for all states
• Votes based on population