Constitutional Convention Quiz

Which plan called for states with bigger populations to have more representation in government?

• Taco Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

What was the name of the Rebellion where, Farmers/soldiers rebelled after not being paid for fighting in the American Revolution and then lost their farms?

• Shay's Rebellion

• Slave Rebellion

• American Revolution

• Szechuan Chicken

What did the Constitution replace?

• Bill of Rights

• The Emergency Exit Plan

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

How was the debate on how to count slaves settled?

• Mission Specialist

• The Great Compromise

• Federalist and Anti-Federalist

• Three Fifths Compromise

Which group supported a strong government?

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

What settled the debate between the Virginia Plan (big state) and the New Jersey plan (small state)?

• The Three Fifths Compromise

• Batman

• The Great Compromise

• The American Revolution

Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Pocahontas

• Thomas Jefferson

Which plan thought all states should have equal say in the government, no matter their size?

• Virginia Plan

• Florida Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• George Washington

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A federal law enforcing the return of fugitive slaves was passed

• A portion of the slave population was counted for legislative representation

• The census bureau was established to help apportion representation

• The election of senators was delegated to state legislatures

Why were southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It increased the political influence of the South

• It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens

• It decreased the federal tax on property in the South

• It allowed the South to expand its industrial output