M5.3 Creating the Constitution

Match each plan with its features

• Virginia Plan

• 1 house in the legislature with equal number of representatives from each state

• New Jersey Plan

• 2 houses in the legislature, 1 giving more representatives to states with more people and the other house having equal representation

• Connecticut (Great) Compromise

• 2 houses in the legislature with both of them giving more representatives to states with more people

The agreement made for the Constitution called for each slave to be counted as how much of a person?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 3/5

• 2/3

Since the Constitutional Convention, which branch of government is split into 2 main parts?

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• None of the above

Which document is the "supreme law of the land" in the US today?

• The Magna Carta
• The Declaration of Independence
• The United States Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

Which of the following created a strong central (federal) government?

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

What was the Great Compromise?

• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
• A destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans

Determining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate 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

The smaller states wanted - 

• equal representation for all states in Congress
• representation in Congress based on a state's population
• the revision of the Articles of Confederation
• the nation's capitol in New Jersey

What was New Jersey's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same

What was Virginia's plan?

• Representation in Congress and taxation is based on population
• All states have equal representation in Congress & taxation
• That we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executive
• That we keep the Articles of Confederation the same