Constitutional Convention Quiz

what was the meeting called where the Constitution was created?

• the Great Compromise

• the New Jersey Plan

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Constitution Celebration

What did the Great Compromise establish?

• A system of checks and balances

• The sharing of power between a central government and the states

• Each state having one vote in the upper house and representation based on population in the lower house

• Only three-fifths of a state's slaves were counted for representation

What does federalism mean in the context of the Constitution?

• A system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful

• The president and the departments that help run the government

• A system of all the national courts

• The sharing of power between a central government and the states

What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?

• To draft the Declaration of Independence

• To amend the Bill of Rights

• To improve the Articles of Confederation

• To elect the first President of the United States

Why did the delegates decided to divide the government into three different branches?

• to give more representation to different states

• three was their favorite number

• to protect popular sovereignty

• no particular reason

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

• A single-house legislature with equal votes for each state

• A three-fifths compromise for slave representation

• A legislature made up of two houses of representatives

• A legislature where each state received one vote

What was the New Jersey Plan's proposal for the legislative structure?

• A two-house legislature based on population

• A single-house legislature with equal votes for each state

• A two-house legislature with equal representation for all states

• A single-house legislature based on population

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• An agreement that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for taxation

• An agreement that three-fifths of the slave population would be freed

• An agreement that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for representation

• An agreement that three-fifths of the states had to approve the Constitution

Why did the founders create a plan for making amendments to the constitution?

• to prevent the Constitution from ever being changed

• So the Constitution could be easily replaced

• so the Constitution could be changed when needed

• So the Constitution would establish a monarchy in the future

Who were the supporters of the Constitution known as?

• Republicans

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Democrats