CONSTITUTIONAL COMPROMISES

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.

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.

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.

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

Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

• New Jersey Plan

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan

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

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

Which of the following arguments best explains why the Federalists wanted to ratify the US Constitution?

• the federal government wouldn't become too powerful because it would share power with the state governments

• They believed that a Bill of Rights was the only way to protect the people from the abuses of the government

• the executive branch would be able to make and enforce all the laws for the new country

• by outlawing slavery the new government would enforce the claims of the Declaration that all men are created equal.

Which of the following quotes would have been said by an "Anti-Federalist"?

• the system safeguards such as federalism and separation of powers protect the citizens

• no Bill of Rights is needed under the new government because the people will be protected by the states

• the economy of our country should be focused on industry, manufacturing, and trade

• the rights of the people and the states will be trampled upon by another tyrannical government

Which of the following best explains why the Anti-Federalists were opposed to ratification of the US Constitution?

• the federal government wouldn't become too powerful because it would share power with the states and individuals

• the system of checks and balances would keep one branch of government from becoming too strong

• the new central government would take too much power away from the states and people

• under the new government slaves would only count at three-fifths of a person for representation