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

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

• proposing a new strategy to proceed with the abolition of slavery

• creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

• whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution

• if Missouri should be allowed to join the country as a free state

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

During the Constitutional Convention, James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise which dealt with how

• the government would pass protective tariffs in order to help northern businesses prosper

• Maine and Missouri would be crated as slave and free states to keep the balance of power

• slaves would be counted as population for representation and taxation purposes

• women would be represented in the newly created legislative branch

Which of these would complete the diagram?

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Constitutional Convention

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

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

Under the Three-Fifths compromise, which individuals counted as 3/5 of a free person when a census was taken?

• women
• Native Americans
• slaves
• children

Which group of states benefited the most from the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Eastern States
• Northern States
• Southern States
• Western States

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?

• it created an executive branch

• national government was too weak, states had more power

• it created a powerful army

• it created a judicial branch

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