Quiz on Constitutional Convention

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

What does ratification mean?

• To deny
• to ask for
• to demand
• to approve

The Constitutional Convention took place-

• 1781
• 1787
• 776
• 1783

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

• it created an executive branch
• government was took weak to manage state relations
• it created a powerful army
• it created a judicial branch

Someone that favored approval of the Constitution is called-

• Federalist
• Anti Federalist
• Republican
• Democrat

Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Conneticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

Representation should be proportional based on a states population was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Conneticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

Slaves would partially count towards population is part of the 

• Commerce compromise
• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Electoral College