Grade 5, Unit 2, Text Set 1 Vocabulary Quiz

In 1787, a ___________ was held in Philadelphia to discuss what to do about the weakening of the Articles of Confederation.

• convention

• democracy

• confederacy

• debate

The original Articles of Confederation were written during the Revolutionary War when the colonies had formed a _____ and were fighting together against England.

• legislature

• democracy

• confederacy

• situation

The states sent __________ to Philadelphia to find a solution.

• ideologies

• committees

• representatives

• legislature

Various groups, or ________________, were created to debate the positives and negatives between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.

• ideologies

• committees

• delegates

• representatives

During the convention, certain groups had differing __________, or beliefs when it came to how states should determine proportional representation.

• ideologies

• committees

• delegates

• representatives

The proportional representation ____included arguments of slavery and state population (size).

• proposal

• convention

• legislature

• debate

Shays's Rebellion made the states realize the seriousness of the ____, and the weakness of the federal government in enforcing equal laws and taxes for all states.

• compromise

• situation

• legislature

• ideologies

Benjamin Franklin, one of the __________ from Pennsylvania, was a great problem-solver and had an idea.

• ideologies

• committees

• delegates

• union

His ____________ suggested that parts of the Virginia and New Jersey plans be used when deciding equal representation in the federal government.

• ideologies

• proposal

• compromise

• debate

His formal suggestion called for the conflicting delegations to ________; meaning each side would have to "give and take."

• resolve

• proposal

• compromise

• debate