Constitutional Convention

When creating the legislative branch, there were two proposed plans. Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population?

• Connecticut Plan

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Three Fifths Plan

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following?

• Created a one-house legislature

• Added the Bill of Rights

• Created a two-house legislature

• Denied slave rights

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, supporters of the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan differed over the method for?

• Determining congressional representation

• Adopting the amendment process

• Selecting the president's cabinet

• Denied slave rights

The Great Compromise enabled delegates at the Constitutional Convention to what?

• Establish the principle of popular sovereignty in the territories

• Protect the interests of states having different populations

• Give Congress the exclusive right to declare war if the nation is attacked

• Provide for the indirect election of the president through the electoral college

Roger Sherman was the main author of which resolution?

• Three Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

Our president is elected by which of the following?

• Congress

• The Senate

• The Electoral College

• The People

What determines the number of electoral votes held by a state?

• The number of Senators a state has

• The number of members the state has in the House of Representatives

• The size of the state's total Congressional representation (Reps and Senators)

• The number of square miles in a state

Which Amendment changed the original process of the Electoral College, allowing for separate ballots for determining the President and Vice President?

• 11th

• 17th

• 12th

• 20th

The Electoral College was established in which Article of the U.S. Constitution?

• Article II

• Article I

• Article III

• Article V

Originally, the Electoral College provided the Constitutional Convention with a compromise between the popular election of the President and ___________________?

• Congress

• Congressional selection

• House of Representatives

• Slavery representation