Creating a Constitution

Who attended the Constitutional Convention?

• dele

• 5 delegates

• 25 delegates

• 55 delegates from 12 states

Why did delegates to the Constitutional convention keep their debates secret

• They wanted to be able to freely speak there mind

• to debate

• The had free speaking

How was the national government organized under the Virginia Plan

• called for a one house legislature with equal representation for all states

• It called for three branches

• It called for three branches of government and representation based on state

  population.

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia plan

• The new jersey plan

• A blending of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans that set up a two house legislature representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population and each state would have equal representation in the Senate

What was the Three Fifths Compromise?

• A agreement

• An agreement that for purposes of representation and taxation, each enslaved person would count as three fifths of a person

• An agreement that for purposes of representation and taxation

Legislature became what?

• Agreement

• Bicameral

• No taxes

• Free states

What is the significance of the Constitution’s first phrase “We the People of the United States”?

• Telling were U.S citizens

• It describes all of our belives

• It demonstrates that the government is based on the consent of the people

Who agreed to count slaves as three-fitfhts of a person for purpose of representation

• Congress

• delegates

• farmers

• slaves

Who was the New Jersey Plan drafted by?

• delegates

• Richard sherman

• William paterson

• James madison

who adopted the the Virginia plan?

• James madison

• Farmers

• William paterson

• delegates