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#FastandtheCurious Compromises of the Constitutional Convention

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which plan would have been favored by states with larger populations (more people = more representation in Congress)?

a)

New York Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

Carolina Plan

2.

Which plan called for a national government with three branches?

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

All 3 plans

3.

Which plan called for 2 houses in Congress?

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

both Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

d)

None

4.

What plan favored larger states like Pennsylvania and Virginia?

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

New York Plan

d)

Connecticut Plan

5.

Who proposed the Virginia Plan?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Roger Sherman

d)

William Patterson

6.

Which plan was favored by smaller states like Rhode Island and Delaware?

a)

Massachusetts Plan

b)

Rhode Island Plan

c)

Pennsylvania Plan

d)

New Jersey Plan

7.

Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?

a)

William Patterson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

8.

The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral Congress. How many Houses of Congress are in a unicameral Congress?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

7

d)

4

9.

The New Jersey Plan called for

a)

each state to get as many votes as they wanted

b)

each state to recieve no votes in Congress

c)

each state to have votes based on population

d)

each state to get one vote each, no matter how large or how small

10.

The delegates came together to agree on

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The New Jersey Plan

c)

The Virginia Plan

d)

No plan. They had to start over

11.

Who proposed the Great Compromise?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Roger Sherman

c)

George Mason

d)

James Madison

12.

Both the Virgina Plan and the Great Compromise called for

a)

two houses of Congress

b)

one house of Congress

c)

no Congress, only strong state governments

d)

power to be put in the hands of local govenors

13.

The Great Compromise included

a)

The agreement to go back to the Articles of Confederation

b)

making George Washington king

c)

having 2 parts of Congress, where votes were equal in the Senate and based on population in the House of Representatives

d)

allowing the British to take over again