Constitutional Convention Quiz

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• to write a new constitution

• to revise the Articles of Confederation

• to decide who the leaders of the country should be

• to decide between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans

What was the main subject of debate among delegates to the Convention?

• how the legislature would be structured

• whether there would be a chief executive

• how many branches of government to have

• who should be the head of the executive branch

Why was the Great Compromise so important?

• It settled the slavery debate.

• It was an extremely popular plan.

• It created a legislative system everyone could accept.

• It established James Madison as a leader.

The Three-Fifths Compromise

• gave Congress the power to ban slavery in individual states.

• determined how enslaved people would be counted in the population.

• expanded the powers of the executive branch and the President.

• gave states the power to ban slavery within their borders.

Some delegates refused to sign the Constitution because they thought that it

• was unfair to the smaller states in the Union.

• was the result of too many compromises.

• gave too much power to the national government.

• would affect trade agreements between states.