The Constitutional Convention: Compromises
Authored by Elissa Burgess
Social Studies
8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
It established a faster process for passing national laws.
It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.
It gave both poor as well as wealthy citizens a role in enacting laws.
It permitted African Americans and women a voice in government.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?
Treaty of Ghent
Fugitive Slave Act
Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?
Senate & House of Representatives
Compromises & Constitutional Convention
New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan
Checks & Balances
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
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