Great Compromise + Electoral College Refresher

What are the two houses of Congress create from the Great Compromise?

• Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court

• The Electoral College

The number of representatives in the House of Representatives is based off of...

• The electoral college votes

• The population of the state

• each state is granted 2 representatives regardless of size

• The popular vote

Under the Great Compromise, each state is granted _____ senators regardless of the state's population

How did the Constitutional Convention count the slave population towards representation in Congress?

• States agreed to count all of the enslaved people. Every slave meant 1 vote.

• States agreed to count 3/5th of the slave population towards the state's population

• States agreed to ban slavery in the Southern states

What is the definition of a popular vote?

• A group of electors the represents the states of the US who vast vote for the election of the president and vice president

• The total number of votes that a candidate receives from the voters

• The votes you get based on your state's population

What is the definition of an electoral college ?

• A group of electors the represents the states of the US who vast vote for the election of the president and vice president

• The total number of votes a candidate receives

• The vote that is based on a state's population

In a presidential election, a candidate must win the __________ in the state in order to win all of that state's ___________________.

• House of Representatives/ presidency

• presidency / representatives

• electoral college votes / popular vote

• popular vote / electoral college votes

How many electoral college votes does California have?

• 3 Electoral College Votes

• 30 Electoral College Votes

• 40 Electoral College Votes

• 54 Electoral College Votes

In order to win the presidency, a candidate must receive how many electoral college votes?

• 100

• 270

• 435

• 535