Constitutional Convention

Which of the following was NOT one of the main issues up for debate during the Constitutional Convention?

• How to determine representation in Congress

• How to make the president more powerful than anyone else

• How to share powers between the states and federal govt

• How to share powers between the three branches

Which of the following were things that were agreed upon in the Great Compromise about how to set up Congress? (Mult. answers)

• There would be two houses of Congress

• Senate got 2 representatives for each state

• The three branches would not be equal

• House of Reps got number of reps based on population

• Enslaved people counted as 3/5 of person for representation

What was the main thing agreed upon in the 3/5 Compromise?

• Presidents would have 3/5 more power than other govt officials

• All people would count as 3/5 of a person in representation

• Enslaved people would count as 3/5 of a person in representation

• 3 out of 5 people would be able to vote in elections

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

What does the political cartoon represent?

• 3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress

• 3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes

• 10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains

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

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 occurred in Philadelphia, PA?

• The Constitutional Convention
• The Second Continental Congress
• Shays' Rebellion
• First Continental Congress

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