Constitution Week #4

Which of these would complete the diagram?

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Constitutional Convention

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

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

During the Constitutional Convention, James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise which dealt with how

• the government would pass protective tariffs in order to help northern businesses prosper

• Maine and Missouri would be crated as slave and free states to keep the balance of power

• slaves would be counted as population for representation and taxation purposes

• women would be represented in the newly created legislative branch

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong

• average

• weak

• federal

How many people were required to live in a territory before it could apply for statehood?

• 5,000

• 60,000

• 10,000

• 500

The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for

• statehood

• federal funding

• infrastructure grants