Chapter 5 Section 2: Drafting The Constituion

Leading thinker at the Convention, disliked democracy and praised the British constitution, believed that the national government should have the power.

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

An agreement in which both sides make a sacrifice.

• Compromise
• Conclusion
• Arrangement
• Declaration

Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the United States was governed by which document?

• Magna Carta
• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence

This plan for government was favored by large states because representation in congress was based on population.

• the New Jersey Plan
• the Virginia Plan
• Shays' Plan
• The Compromise Plan

This plan for government was favored by smaller states because each state received equal representation in congress.

• the New Jersey Plan
• the Virginia Plan
• Shays' Plan
• the Compromise Plan

The Senate will have equal representation for each states. The House of representatives will be based on population.
Which Compromise is described by these statements?

• the Great Compromise
• the Compromise of 1820
• the Three-Fifths Compromise
• the Commerce Compromise

One issue that was hotly debated at the Constitutional Convention, was the question of representation. Another issue was-

• the U.S.-Canadian border
• Slavery
• the Treaty of Paris
• Women's Rights

Under the Three-Fifths compromise, which individuals counted as 3/5 of a free person when a census was taken?

• women
• Native Americans
• slaves
• children

Which group of states benefited the most from the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Eastern States
• Northern States
• Southern States
• Western States

Southern States benefited from the Three-Fifths Compromise because-

• they had very small populations
• they had very large populations
• they had a warm climate
• they had large populations of slaves