Constitutional Convention

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What was the main disagreement among delegates at the convention? Options: Whether to keep or abolish slavery, How much power to give the national government, Whether to pass the Great Compromise, Whether George Washington should lead the convention

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How much power to give the national government

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What common belief united most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

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That the purpose of government was to protect natural rights

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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 create?

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Laws for the Northwest Territory.

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What did the Northwest Ordinance ban in the Northwest Territories?

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Slavery

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What did Congress grant to Revolutionary War soldiers as a payment for their service? Options: Access to public education as school lands, Political power in the newly formed states, Financial compensation for their service, Free land in the Northwest Territory based on military rank

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Free land in the Northwest Territory based on military rank

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Which level of government had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? Options: states, township, national, local

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states

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What was the major problem with the Articles of Confederation?

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The national government was too weak to solve issues facing the country

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What were the three branches proposed in both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?

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Legislative, executive, judicial

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How would a representative from a largely populated state likely feel about the Great Compromise?

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They would support it, since it gave more power to larger states in the House of Representatives.

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Congress is made up of two houses, which one is based on population? Options: House of Burgesses, Senate, House of Representatives, Continental Congress

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House of Representatives