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 

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
• legslature

What does ratification mean?

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

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

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