Worksheets#FastandtheCurious Compromises of the Constitutional Convention
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which plan would have been favored by states with larger populations (more people = more representation in Congress)?
New York Plan
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Carolina Plan
Which plan called for a national government with three branches?
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Great Compromise
All 3 plans
Which plan called for 2 houses in Congress?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
both Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
None
What plan favored larger states like Pennsylvania and Virginia?
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
New York Plan
Connecticut Plan
Who proposed the Virginia Plan?
George Washington
James Madison
Roger Sherman
William Patterson
Which plan was favored by smaller states like Rhode Island and Delaware?
Massachusetts Plan
Rhode Island Plan
Pennsylvania Plan
New Jersey Plan
Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?
William Patterson
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral Congress. How many Houses of Congress are in a unicameral Congress?
1
3
7
4
The New Jersey Plan called for
each state to get as many votes as they wanted
each state to recieve no votes in Congress
each state to have votes based on population
each state to get one vote each, no matter how large or how small
The delegates came together to agree on
The Great Compromise
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
No plan. They had to start over
Who proposed the Great Compromise?
Thomas Jefferson
Roger Sherman
George Mason
James Madison
Both the Virgina Plan and the Great Compromise called for
two houses of Congress
one house of Congress
no Congress, only strong state governments
power to be put in the hands of local govenors
The Great Compromise included
The agreement to go back to the Articles of Confederation
making George Washington king
having 2 parts of Congress, where votes were equal in the Senate and based on population in the House of Representatives
allowing the British to take over again
