Unit 3 - Part B - Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

The Three-Fifths Compromise was included in the U.S. Constitution in order to resolve a conflict over the...

• reimbursement of plantation owners for runaway slaves.

• counting of enslaved persons for purposes of taxation and representation.

• number of votes needed to approve a treaty in the Senate.

• number of states needed to ratify a proposed amendment.

Which question at the Constitutional Convention was resolved by the Great Compromise?

• What should be the structure of the federal court system?

• How should the President be elected?

• What formula should be used for Congressional representation?

• Who should control commerce and trade?

Which conclusion about the Constitutional Convention is best supported by these headlines?

• The President and Congress would have equal powers.

• States with large populations controlled the outcome of the convention.

• States that were small in area lost power in the new Constitution.

• The Framers of the Constitution were able to compromise on important issues.

The Great Compromise primarily dealt with...

• election of the president.

• checks and balances.

• selection of Supreme Court Justices.

• representation in Congress.

The issue of how to count slaves when determining the number of representatives a state could have in the House of Representatives was addressed in...

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of these resolved the conflict between the two plans of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention?

• The Massachusetts Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The New York Compromise

• The Connecticut Plan

Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts supported the Virginia Plan because...

• The plan called for a one-house legislature.

• They were big states and would gain more representation in Congress.

• They wanted each state to have equal representation in Congress.

• Other plans might limit individual freedoms.

What might be true about the United States government today if the Virginia Plan had been adopted?

• States would be equally represented in Congress.

• The executive and judicial branches would not exist.

• Legislation favoring large states would be passed.

• Judges would be responsible for all foreign affairs.

The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses being based on what?

• proportional representation based on population

• none of the above

• each state getting only one vote

• equal representation

The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature with representation being based on what?

• each state getting only one vote

• none of the above

• proportional representation based on population

• equal representation