Constitutional Convention Quiz

Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Name one of the delegates who did not sign the Constitution.

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

What was the main idea of the Virginia Plan?

• Moderate national government with two branches and unicameral legislature based on equal representation

• Weak national government with no branches and unicameral legislature based on land ownership

• No national government with no branches and no legislature

• Strong national government with three branches and bicameral legislature based on population

What was the main idea of the New Jersey Plan?

• Representation based on population in the legislature

• Equal representation for each state in the legislature

• Creation of a monarchy in the United States

• Abolishment of the legislative branch

What was the compromise that resolved the issue of representation in Congress?

• Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise

• Awful Compromise

• Mediocre Compromise

• Terrible Compromise

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise and how did it impact representation in Congress?

• Enslaved individuals were counted as full persons for the purpose of determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives.

• Enslaved individuals were not counted at all for the purpose of determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives.

• Enslaved individuals were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives.

• Enslaved individuals were counted as one-fifth of a person for the purpose of determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives.

Who proposed the Great Compromise?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Roger Sherman

• John Adams

What was the significance of the Great Compromise in the formation of the U.S. Constitution?

• It had no impact on the formation of the U.S. Constitution

• It resolved the issue of representation in the legislative branch by creating a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

• It established a unicameral legislature with proportional representation

• It abolished the legislative branch and created a monarchy