Compromise and the Constitution

Which event convinced American leaders to call the Grand Convention?

• The Virginia Plan

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Great Compromise

The purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention was to revise the

• New Jersey Plan.

• Virginia Plan.

• Bill of Rights.

• Articles of Confederation.

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

• publicize amendments to the Articles of Confederation as they were made.

• keep amendments to the Constitution secret from the public.

• publicize the proceedings and abandon the Constitution.

• keep the proceedings secret and abandon the Articles of Confederation.

Who took notes during the Constitutional Convention and earned the nickname “Father of the Constitution”?

• George Washington

• George Mason

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

At the Constitutional Convention, larger states eagerly supported the

• New Jersey Plan.

• Articles of Confederation.

• Virginia Plan.

• Great Compromise.

During the Constitutional Convention, which proposal included a bicameral Congress?

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Virginia Plan

• the New Jersey Plan

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

The result of the Great Compromise was a

• unicameral Congress, with an equal number of representatives from each state.

• bicameral Congress, with representation in one house restricted to large states.

• unicameral Congress, with representation based on population.

• bicameral Congress, with representation in one house based on population.

During the Constitutional Convention, which would have given the most populated states more power?

• the New Jersey Plan

• Shays’ Rebellion

• the Virginia Plan

• a unicameral Congress

During the Constitutional Convention, large states such as Virginia argued that

• a state’s congressional representation should be based on its geographic size.

• each state should decide for itself the number of representatives it has.

• all states should have same number of congressional representatives.

• a state’s congressional representation should be based on its population.

A significant area of disagreement among delegates at the Constitutional Convention was

• whether the Articles of Confederation should be abandoned.

• the number of branches the new government should have.

• whether enslaved people should help choose state representatives.

• how states should be represented in Congress.