Constitutional Convention

Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the United States was governed by which document?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

 

An agreement in which both sides give up something.

• Agreement

• Compromise

• Conclusion

• Declaration

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

• Large states

• Small states

• Southern States

• Northern States

 Which compromise combined aspects of the Virginia and New Jersey plans to make small and large states satisfied?

• the Commerce Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Great Compromise

• the Just Compromise

 

The Senate will have equal representation for each state. The House of Representatives will be based on ... ?

• Money

• population

• slaves

• it will also be equal

 One issue that was hotly debated at the Constitutional Convention, was the question of representation. Another issue was-

• the U.S.-Canadian border

• the Treaty of Paris

• Women's Rights

• Slavery

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

• women

• slaves

• Native Americans

• children

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

• Southern states

• northern states

• western states

• eastern states

 Southern States benefited from the Three-Fifths Compromise because-

• they had very small populations

• they had a warm climate

• they had very large populations

• they had large populations of slaves

 

The branch of government that makes our laws

• Congress (Legislative)

• Supreme Court (Judicial)

• President (Executive)

• King George (Monarch)