Constitutional Convention

Why did Southern states want to count enslaved people as part of the population?

• They believed in equal rights for enslaved people

• They wanted to have equal representation in government

• They wanted more representatives in government

• They wanted to abolish the slave trade

Which of the following is true about the debate over slavery & the slave trade?

• Northern states wanted to abolish slavery in the Constitution

• Northern states had already abolished slavery

• Southern states opposed the abolition of the slave trade in the Constitution

• Southern states had abolished the slave trade but not slavery

Who was most likely to support a Bill of Rights?

• Wealthy, educated people

• Lower class people

• Enslaved people

• Northerners

The Virginia Plan favored ______ states; the New Jersey plan favored ______ states.

• Southern; Northern

• Small; large

• Northern; Southern

• Large; small

Which adjective best describes the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

• Diverse

• Middle class

• Educated

• Female

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To reestablish British rule of the colonies

• To write a new Constitution

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To overthrow the government