2.4: Compromises & Ratifying the Constitutions

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention who is responsible for writing the Virginia Plan; he is given the title “Father of the Constitution”

• James Madison
• Edmund Randolph
• William Clinton

What plan at the Convention stated that representation should be based on state population?

• Virginia
• New Jersey
• Connecticut

Which plan at the Convention favored equality when determining the number of representatives?

• Virginia
• New Jersey
• Connecticut

What was the issue the Great Compromise was trying to settle?

• how many representatives should each state get in Legislative branch
• How many reps should a state get in the Judicial Branch
• which is better: ketchup, mustard or salt
• how slaves should be counted in the state population

What issue was the  3/5 Compromise trying to settle?

• how to pick the number of representatives a state should get
• How should slaves count in state population
• how many judges should be on the Supreme Court

Northern states did not want slaves to count in the state population because....

• in all other cases, Southern states treated slaves as property
• Southern states would have more representatives because of the slaves being counted
• all answers are correct

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

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

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