Constitutional Compromises

Which of these would complete the diagram?

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Constitutional Convention

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?

• Three branches of the national government were formed.

• A federal court system was established.

• The House of Representatives and Senate were created.

• A cabinet was formed to advise the President.

Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

• Congress was given two houses.

• A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

• Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

• A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• It established a faster process for passing national laws.

• It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.

• It gave both poor as well as wealthy citizens a role in enacting laws.

• It permitted African Americans and women a voice in government.

Which is the best summary of the Great Compromise?

• Congress was given two houses.

• A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

• Each slave was counted as more than one free person.

• A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -

• proposing a new strategy to proceed with the abolition of slavery

• creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

• whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution

• if Missouri should be allowed to join the country as a free state

Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Missouri Compromise

Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?

• Senate & House of Representatives

• Compromises & Constitutional Convention

• New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan

• Checks & Balances