Module 5 Lesson 3 Quiz

1. The delegates gathered in Philadelphia to make improvements to the __________________________ ?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris
• The Bill of Rights

2. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• to create a new constitution
• to protect the rights of citizens
• to revise the Articles of Confederation
• to create the nation's first government

3. What part of the Great Compromise was influenced by the New Jersey Plan?

• bicameral legislature
• supreme power to the federal government
• equal representation for states
• representation in lower house based on population

4. What was the main issue that led to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• whether slaves could vote
• how slave traders should be taxed
• whether slavery should be outlawed
• how slaves should be counted toward representation

5. The delegates decided that three-fifths of a state's slave population should be counted when determining its________________________?

• number of senators
• numbers of representatives
• number of justices
• none of the above

6. The term ___________________ describes the system that prevents one branch of government from dominating the others.

• unicameral representatives
• bicameral representatives
• checks and balances
• presidential initiative

7. What is controlled by the system of checks and balances?

• branches of government
• power of larger states
• the finance system
• voting rights

8. Which statement best describes the Virginia Plan?

• Would give supreme power to the central government
• called for a unicameral government, or one house legislature
• agreement to create a two-house legislature
• gave the president full authority over the government

9. Which statement best describes the New Jersey Plan?

• Would give supreme power to the central government
• called for a unicameral government, or one house legislature
• agreement to create a two-house legislature
• gave the president full authority over the government

10. Which statement best describes the Great Compromise?

• Would give supreme power to the central government
• called for a unicameral government, or one house legislature
• agreement to create a two-house legislature
• gave the president full authority over the government