USH Unit 6 Review 3

Why is James Madison known as the “Father of the Constitution”?

• He wrote the first draft of the Constitution.

• He knew more about government than anyone else present.

• He was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.

• He was well prepared to lead the discussion at the convention.

Which of these was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• how to respond to the interests of foreign countries

• how to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers

• how to balance the interests of large and small states

• how to get agreement between the eastern and western states

Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?

• two houses of Congress

• an end to slavery

• an elected president.

• three branches of government

What did the Great Compromise decide?

• representation in Congress

• the names of political parties

• the system of checks and balances

• process of selecting the president

The number of members of which of these is affected by state population?

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• president's cabinet

• House of Representatives

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

• two houses of Congress with representation based on state population

• one house of Congress with equal representation from each state

• an upper house of Congress with equal representation from each state

• a lower house of Congress with equal representation from each state

Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

• James Madison

• delegates from large states

• delegates from small states

• Edmond Randolph

What was a feature of the Great Compromise?

• a Senate with one senator from each state

• a one-house Congress

• a Senate with two senators from each state

• an executive branch with two co-presidents

By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most slaves lived in

• the North.

• the South.

• the Midwest.

• the West.

The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining...

• the amount of taxes slaveholders paid on property.

• representation in the House of Representatives

• the number of enslaved population in each state.

• representation in each state's legislature.