Constitutional Convention

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
• A destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans

What does the political cartoon represent?

• 3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes

• 10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains

The smaller states wanted - 

• equal representation for all states in Congress
• representation in Congress based on a state's population
• the revision of the Articles of Confederation
• the nation's capitol in New Jersey

What was New Jersey's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

What was Virginia's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

Every state has 2 representatives in the - 

• The Legislative Branch
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Senate

Every state has representatives based on population in the - 

• The Legislative Branch
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Senate

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Washington, DC
• Richmond, Virginia
• Paris, France

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To rewrite the Declaration of Independence
• To rewrite the Articles of Confederation
• To write the Treaty of Paris
• To elect the first president

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What were the men who represented their states called?

• Senators
• Congressmen
• Delegates
• Speakers