Understanding the Great Compromise

What was the main purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May of 1787?

• To declare independence from Britain

• To write a new Constitution

• To elect a new president

• To create new state laws

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

What was the main issue debated at the Constitutional Convention?

• How to elect a president

• How states would be represented in Congress

• How to end the Revolutionary War

• How to create new state boundaries

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

• Equal representation for all states

• More representatives for states with larger populations

• A single house of Congress

• No representation for small states

What did the New Jersey Plan propose?

• More representatives for larger states

• Equal representation for all states

• A monarchy

• No representation for large states

What was the Great Compromise?

• A plan to end the Revolutionary War

• A plan to create two houses in Congress

• A plan to elect a king

• A plan to divide the country into two parts

How many houses were created in Congress by the Great Compromise?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Which house of Congress gives each state representatives based on their population?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court

• The Executive Branch

Why did states with larger populations want more representatives?

• They wanted to have more power than other states

• They had more people to represent

• They wanted to form a new country

• They wanted to abolish Congress

Why did states with smaller populations want equal representation?

• They wanted to have more power than larger states

• They believed no state should have more power than any other

• They wanted to form a new country

• They wanted to abolish Congress