(8.3.2) Constitutional Convention Quiz

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Virginia Plan

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(b) New Jersey Plan

• All states have equal representation

• Bicameral (2 chamber) legislative branch

• Representation based on state's population

• Unicameral (1 chamber) legislative branch

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Determining state representation in Congress caused - 

• conflict between the north and the south
• conflict between the large states & the small states
• conflict between the middle colonies, the southern colonies & the New England colonies
• conflict between all the delegates

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According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in the Senate be determined?

• Equally

• Slave population

• Proportional (by population)

• Wealth

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According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in the House of Representatives be determined?

• Equally

• Slave population

• Proportional (by population)

• Wealth

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Which of the following describes the 3/5 Compromise?

• When voting on each issue, there had to be a 3/5 majority vote

• For every 5 slaves, only three would be counted towards a state's population

• For states with slaves, only 3/5 of that state's population would be counted

• A states population would be the number of free people MINUS the number of slaves in that state

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Which Plan was favored by small states?

• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

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The three branches of government are ________________

• Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
• Legislative, Judicial, and National
• Executive, Principle, and Judicial
• Judicial, National, and Legislative

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