Constitution Compromises Quiz

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.

• For every 5 slaves, 3 counted towards the population

Which is the best summary of the Great Compromise?

• Each slave was counted as more than one free person.

• Congress was given two houses.

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

Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Virginia Plan

One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -

• whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution

• creating a plan for representation that both large and small states agreed upon

• proposing a new strategy to proceed with immigrants becoming citizens

Northern and Southern delegates argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Three-fifths compromise

Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?

• New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan

• Checks & Balances

• Senate & House of Representatives

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

Which plan suggested one house in legislature, or in Congress?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

Which plan suggested two houses in legislature, or in Congress?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

According to the Great Compromise, how would representation work for the Senate and House of Representatives?

• Both house would have equal representation

• Representation would equal in the House and based on population for the Senate

• Representation would equal in the Senate and based on population for the House