Compromises of the Constitutional Convention

What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?

• The Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

• The 3/5 Compromise

• Shay's Rebellion

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

Every state has representatives based on population in the - 

• The Legislative Branch
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Senate

The delegates restructured the federal government by -

• writing the Constitution

• rewriting the AOC

• writing the Second Treatise on Government

• writing the Bill of Rights

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  

Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

The Great Compromise called for a legislative body with two chambers: a House of Representatives and a Senate.

This type of legislature is called-

• bicameral
• unicameral
• one camel
• three camels

​ (a)   benefited most from the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Southern plantation owners
• enslaved people
• Small states
• Large states

Representation in the House of Representatives is based on

• population in the state

• equal number between all states.