SSCG3a

There were 55 delegates in attendance for the Philadelphia Convention. This group of delegates became known as the _____ of the United States Constitution

• Philadelphia Convention

• George Washington

• Writers

• Framers

___________ was unanimously selected as the president of the convention.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

The ________ _________ resulted from a debate over representation in the House of Representatives.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Clause

The ____________ is also known as the Connecticut Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Philadelphia Convention

• Great Compromise

The larger states wanted ________ based on population, while the smaller states wanted ______ representation, regardless of population.

• votes; unequal

• representation; equal

• taxes; equal

• representation; unequal

The delegates of Connecticut developed a plan that would create two houses in Congress: the _____ and the _________.

• Senate ; Bill of Rights

• Supreme Court ; Framers

• Congress; President

• Senate ; House of Representatives

The ________established that the power to regulate foreign and interstate (between states) commerce would be a Congressional power.

• Commerce Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Under the __________, Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and Congress would not be able to interfere with the slave trade for a period of at least twenty years.

• Commerce Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Philadelphia Convention