Constitutional Convention

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A portion of slaves was counted for legislative representation

• A federal law enforcing the return of fugitive slaves was passed

• The election of senators was delegated to state legislatures

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a disagreement over -

• the establishment of new colonies

• American independence

• Southern states' slave population

• British territory

The Great Compromise was a disagreement between -

• small and large states

• America and Britain

• colonists and French

• federal government and state government

What agreement was made to combine the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan at the Constitutional Convention?

• Direct democracy

• Great Compromise

• Checks and balances

• Missouri Compromise

What agreement was made between Northern and Southern states to solve the debate on slave population?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise