Constitutional Compromises

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

How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?

• Three branches of the national government were formed.

• A federal court system was established.

• The House of Representatives and Senate were created.

• A cabinet was formed to advise the President.

Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

• Congress was given two houses.

• A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

• Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

• A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.

Wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation, not abolish them.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Counted 3 out of every five slaves as part of a state's population.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Created a bicameral legislature where representation was based on a state's population and financial contributions to the federal legislature.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Created a bicameral legislature where one chamber is based on a state's population and the other has equal representations per state.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The Chief Executive Officer (President) was under the authority of the Legislative Branch essentially creating a Parliamentary System.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

This plan favored states that had large populations.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

This plan favored states that had small populations.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut/Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise