Constitutional Convention

Which stated that our country should have a bicameral legislature with representation in each house based on population?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which plan stated that our country should have a one-house legislature in which each state would get one vote?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following created our bicameral legislature in which one house is based on population and the other house is based on state equality?

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which describes the indirect method by which Americans choose the president and vice president?

• Popular Election

• Primary Election

• Electoral College

• Maine College

What was the ORIGINAL purpose of the meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in 1787?

• to revise or fix the Articles of Confederation

• to write a brand new constitution

• to write the Articles of Confederation for the first time

• to declare independence from England

Which stated that a portion of slaves would be counted for representation purposes?

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The Commerce Compromise

What did the South receive from the Commerce Compromise in exchange for Congress's control of interstate trade?

• no tax on exports and the slave trade continues

• no tax on imports and the slave trade is banned

• they could count all of the slaves for representation purposes

• a bicameral legislature based on population

Who was chosen to preside over the Constitutional Convention?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Which term describes a delegate?

• a district

• a representative

• an agreement

• a constitution

Which state chose not to attend the Constitutional Convention?

• Maine

• New York

• North Carolina

• Rhode Island