Unit 3A Quick Quiz

Check all that are true about the Land Ordinance of 1785

• It organized the sale of western land

• It divided up western lands into townships that were six miles wide and six miles long

• The greatest accomplishment under the Constitution

• It generated revenue for the national government

What are the Articles of Confederation?

Why didn't the United States want a president?

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To make changes to the Articles of Confederation

• To elect a new president

• To end the Revolutionary War

• To stop Shay's Rebellion

What were the three biggest issue that divided delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• Slavery - How enslaved people would be counted and if the slave trade would continue

• Representation in Congress

• How to divide power between the state and national governments

• Who would be president

______________ is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution"

Under the Virginia Plan, the national government would be divided into three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial), and representation in the legislative branch would be based on ___________________

Under the New Jersey Plan, there is one legislature and each state gets one vote. This plan is favored by _______________ states.

Check all that are true of the Great Compromise

• Created a bicameral legislature

• Called for a senate consisting of two senators per state

• Determined that the number of members in the House of Representatives would be based on the population of each state

• Determined that enslaved people would count 3/5 human for representation purposes

Slavery was a hot topic at the Constitutional Convention. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

• The Southern states refused to agree to the Constitution unless slavery continued

• 3/5 of the enslaved population were counted for the House of Representatives and for taxation

• In return for federal power to regulate commerce, Congress could not ban the slave trade until 1808, and exports cannot be taxed

• None of the Founding Fathers owned enslaved people