Constitutional Convention

His ideas influenced the other delegates, he is known as the Father of the Constitution

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Roger Sherman

Which plan only had one house and it was based on each state having equal amount of representatives?

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromise
• Three Fifth Compromise

Which plan was not beneficial to the states with a small population?

• New Jersey 
• Three Fifth Compromise
• Virginia Plan
• The Great Compromise

Which plan did not benefit the large states?

• The Great Compromise
•  Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Three Fifth Compromise

James Madison was one of the writers of the Virginia Plan

• True

• False

an agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, with States represented equally, and a House, with representation based on a State’s population

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population or financial support 

• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
• Connecticut Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

The delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 originally met to

• recommend revisions to the Articles of Confederation.
•  create an entirely new government for the United States.
• force the States to honor the Articles of Confederation.
• revise the Declaration of Independence.

On which point did the Virginia and New Jersey plans disagree?

• whether or not delegates should take an oath of loyalty
•  how the states should be represented in Congress
• whether or not George Washington should be President
• whether or not Congress should have the power to make treaties

What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• One called for two branches of government and one for three

• the number of branches of the federal government

• the method for electing members of the two houses of Congress

• the number of representatives in Congress each state would have