Plans OFOD

Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Conneticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

Showed the weaknesses of the central government and led to the revision of the Articles and Confederation

• veto

• Virginia Plan

• Popular Sovereignty

• Shays' Rebellion

The Virginia Plan favored which kind of states and gave them the most representatives?

• Larger states with bigger populations

• Smaller states with smaller populations

• This plan said all states had equal representation

• This plan said that states would be ruled by the King

The New Jersey Plan favored which kind of states and gave them equal representatives?

• Larger states with bigger populations

• Smaller states with smaller populations

• This plan said that representation would be based on population

• This plan said that states would be ruled the King

The Great Compromise did what?

• Took parts from both the New Jersey and Virginia Plans

• Gave States most of the power

• Made the Federal Government extremely weak

• Gave slaves the right to vote

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were trying to answer the question...

• "Should slaves be counted for representation and taxation?

• "How should states be represented in Congress?"

• "Should states have the ability to govern slaves?"

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise that...

• counted three-fifths of the South's cash crop production towards Congress

• counted three-fifths of a state's total population towards representation in the Senate.

• counted three-fifths of a state's slave population towards representation in the House of Representatives.

• Did not allow any slaves to be counted towards state population.