ESBR AP Gov - Constitutional Convention

What were the Virginia and New Jersey Plans about?

• About the design of the presidential elections

• About the design of the legislative branch

• About the design of the judiciary

• About the role of state governments

What plan was favored by small states?

• Philadelphia plan

• New Jersey plan

• Virginia plan

• Massachusetts plan

What proposal was favored by states with big populations?

• Virginia plan

• New Jersey plan

• Connecticut plan

• T-mobile plan

What was the basis of representation under the Virginia plan?

• Statehood equality

• Proportional to population

• Based on how many lords or ladies were in a state

• States would get the same number of representatives regardless of size

What was the basis of legislative representation under the New Jersey plan?

• Based on how many male citizens lived in state

• Proportional to state wealth

• Proportional to population

• Statehood equality

Which of the following is TRUE of the Articles Congress?

• Delegates were elected by voters

• Bicameral

• The number of delegates for each state depended on their population size

• Unicameral

How was the debate between New Jersey and Virginia solved?

• We would have a unicameral legislature based on the New Jersey plan

• The plan for a Congress was scrapped

• There was no solution to the impasse

• We would have a bicameral Congress with each plan shaping the design of one chamber

What was the debate over the 3/5ths compromise about?

• It was about the design of the US Senate

• It was about how electoral votes would be decided

• How to count slaves for purposes of the census and the House of Representatives

• It was about the term lengths of US Supreme Court justices

What parts of the national government were impacted by the 3/5ths compromise?

• The House and the Supreme Court

• The judiciary and the executive branch

• Both chambers of Congress

• The US House and the Electoral College

What was the compromise over the slave trade?

• Congress could never ban the slave trade

• Only South Carolina could import slaves

• Congress could not ban the slave trade until 1808

• Congress banned the slave trade until 1808