Creating the Constitution

How were the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan different?

• The Virginia Plan called for two houses of Congress with equal representation, and the New Jersey Plan called for one house decided by population 
• The Virginia Plan called for two houses of Congress decided by population, and the New Jersey Plan called for one house with equal representation 
• The Virginia Plan called for a democracy, and the New Jersey Plan called for a republic

What did the Great Compromise decide?

• Slavery in the Northwest Territory 
• The electoral college
• Representation in Congress
• Peace with Britain

How would the states be represented in the new congress?

• Senate = 2 representatives for each state
  House of Representatives = representation determined by population
• Senate = representation determined by population 
  House of Representatives = 2 representatives for each state

According to the delegates of the Constitutional Convention, who chooses the chief executive?

• The House of Representatives
• The Senate
• The Popular Vote
• The Electoral College 

Which group supported the new Constitution?

• Antifederalists 
• Federalists
• Whigs
• Tories 

Which group opposed the new Constitution?

• Antifederalists 
• Federalists
• Whigs
• Tories 

What was the "Great Compromise"?

• Agreement on who should be the 1st president
• agreement on which state was more powerful
• agreement on which government we should have
• agreement about representation for each state in Congress

This plan proposed that bicameral government representation be based on population

• Virginia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• Rhode Island Plan
• New Jersey Plan

This plan proposed a unicameral legislature based on equal representation from each state

• Georgia Plan
• Connecticut Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

Federalists are in favor of

• strong states' rights
• a strong central government
• a strong tyrannical government
• a strong Wazowski government