02. AG - FED - Const. Conv. Quick Check

What was the Great Compromise?

• A compromise between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia Plan.
• An agreement to amend the articles of confederation
• A compromise ending Shays Rebellion
• An agreement to negotiate w/ Britain during the 1st Cont. Congress.

What was the 3/5ths Compromise?

• A compromise between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia Plan.
• An agreement to amend the articles of confederation
• A compromise about how to count enslaved persons.
• A compromise on whether the house needed to be bicameral or unicameral.

Under this theory on the origins of government, the State evolved slowly over time.

• Force Theory
• Evolutionary Theory
• Social Contract Theory
• The Divine Right of Kings

Under this theory on the origins of government, the the leader has authority to rule from God.

• Force Theory
• Evolutionary Theory
• Social Contract Theory
• The Divine Right of Kings

What is key to being considered a "State"

• Shared ethnicity
• A national identity
• A geographical space to call "home"
• Sovereignty

The Virginia Plan proposed:

• A unicameral legislature
• A bicameral legislature
• A tricameral legislature
• None of the above

Under this theory on the origins of government, people give up freedom for order and security

• Force Theory
• Evolutionary Theory
• Social Contract Theory
• The Divine Right of Kings

Under the 3/5ths compromise, enslaved persons were counted:

• As 3/5s of a person for representation but not for taxes.
• For neither taxes nor representation.
• As 3/5 of a person for taxes and representation.
• As 3/5s of a person for taxes but as a whole person for representation.

Federalists:

• Open to negotiations
• Wanted to keep things similar to how they were under the Art. of Confed.
• Unsure of what to do
• Supported ratifying the Constitution and discarding the Art. of Confed.

The New Jersey Plan proposed:

• A unicameral legislature
• A bicameral legislature
• A tricameral legislature
• None of the above