U.S. Constitution Review

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To revise the Declaration of Independence

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To write the Treaty of Paris

• To elect the first president

An agreement in which both sides give up something.

• Compromise

• Concurrent deal

• Amendment

• Committee

In the Virginia Plan representation in congress was based on population. Which states favored this plan?

• Less populated States

• More populated States

• Southern States

• Northern States

Which compromise combined aspects of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?

• the Commerce Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Slave Trade Compromise

• the Great Compromise

Which of the following TWO parts of the federal government were created as a result of the Great Compromise

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Cabinet

• Supreme Court

• Executive Branch

Which states wanted the enslaved population to be counted when determining state representation?

• Northern states

• Southern states

• More populated states

• Less populated states

Which statement below describes the 3/5ths Compromise?

• All enslaved people will be counted towards representation in all states

• 3 out of 5 enslaved people could vote in Northern states

• 3 out of 5 enslaved people would be counted towards representation in Southern states

• 3 out of 5 enslaved people could vote in the Southern states

What issue did the 3/5ths Compromise address?

• How to count enslaved population when determining state representation

• If representation would be based on population or be equal for each state

• How enslaved people could represent themselves in Government

What did the slave trade compromise decide?

• That the Transatlantic Slave Trade would be banned after 1808

• That slavery would be abolished in the United States

• That the Transatlantic Slave Trade would be banned immediately

• That the trade of enslaved people in the United States would be banned after 1800

After the Constitution was created it had to be-

• ratified by the states

• approved by the President

• ratified by the Constitutional Convention

• amended by the people