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The Constitutional Convention: Compromises

Authored by Elissa Burgess

Social Studies

8th - 12th Grade

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The Constitutional Convention: Compromises
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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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