Compromises Quiz Constitutional

What is the Great Compromise?

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to create a bicameral legislature with representation based on both population and equal representation for each state.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to create a unicameral legislature with representation based on equal representation for each state only.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to create a bicameral legislature with representation based on equal representation for each state only.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to create a unicameral legislature with representation based on population only.

Who proposed the Great Compromise?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Roger Sherman

• John Adams

What issue did the Great Compromise resolve?

• Representation in Congress

• Judicial appointments

• Foreign relations

• Taxation policies

What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

• Number of branches of government

• Size of the states

• Location of the capital

• Representation in the legislature

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in the United States that counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining a state's population and representation in the House of Representatives.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that allowed enslaved individuals to count as a whole person for the purpose of determining a state's population and representation in the House of Representatives.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that granted enslaved individuals full voting rights.

• An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that abolished slavery in the United States.

Why was the Three-Fifths Compromise controversial?

• It gave enslaved African Americans full representation rights.

• It excluded enslaved African Americans from representation.

• It counted enslaved African Americans as one-fifth of a person for representation purposes.

• It counted enslaved African Americans as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes.

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise determine?

• Each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Each slave would not be counted in the population.

• Each slave would be counted as a whole person.

• Each slave would be counted as one-fifth of a person.

Which states were in favor of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Which states were against the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island

• Georgia, South Carolina, Delaware

• Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire

• Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise impact the representation of states in Congress?

• Each enslaved person was counted as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes.

• Each enslaved person was counted as a full person for representation purposes.

• The Three-Fifths Compromise did not impact the representation of states in Congress.

• Each enslaved person was counted as one-fifth of a person for representation purposes.