STAAR Review #C

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

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following?

• Created a one house legislature

• Postponed the conversation about slavery

• Added the Bill of Rights

• Created a two house legislature

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

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government

• weak government

• strong central government

• legislature

What does ratification mean?

• To deny

• to ask for

• to demand

• to approve

-Feared a strong central government. Believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution. opponents of the Constitution. All describe-

• democrats

• anti-federalists

• federalists

• small states

The Constitutional Convention took place-

• 1781

• 1787

• 776

• 1783

The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -

• Great Compromise

• One-Third Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Compromise

The image represents what resolution that happened at the Convention-

• Three Fifths Compromise

• One Quarter Compromise

• Slave Compromise

• Great Compromise