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The Constitutional Convention 2026

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Virginia Plan favored ___ states because membership in Congress would be based on population and there would be two houses.
a)
large
b)
small
c)
all
2.
______ came up with the Great Compromise which called for a Senate and a House of Representatives.
a)
James Madison
b)
Roger Sherman
c)
Ben Franklin
3.
The courts are part of the ___ branch.
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
4.
Congress makes up the ___ branch.
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
5.
___ was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
a)
George Washington
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
James Madison
6.
The legislative branch ___ laws.
a)
enforces
b)
interprets
c)
makes
7.
The executive branch ___ laws.
a)
enforces
b)
interprets
c)
makes
8.
The judicial branch ___ laws.
a)
enforces
b)
interprets
c)
makes
9.
The ___ Compromise was about how to count slaves for the purpose of taxation and representation in Congress.
a)
One-fifth
b)
Two-fifths
c)
Three-fifths
d)
Four-fifths
10.

A proposal at the Constitutional Convention that Congressional representation be based on population, which would favor the larger states.

a)

New York Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Rhode Island Plan

d)

Virginia Plan

11.

A group of small states proposed a one house legislature with each state having one vote.

a)

New York Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

New Hampshire Plan

d)

Virginia Plan

12.

A combination of the plans from the large states and small states; a two house legislature, one with equal representation and one based on state population; presented by Roger Sherman

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

The Virginia Compromise

d)

The New Jersey Compromise

13.

When and where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

a)

Jamestown, Virginia in 1607

b)

Philadephia, Pennsylvania in 1787

c)

Charleston, South Carolina in 1860

d)

Boston, Massachusetts in 1990

14.

Which state did NOT send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Virginia

b)

New Jersey

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Rhode Island

15.

What is a "compromise?"

a)

an agreement in which both sides get ALL of what they want

b)

an agreement in which neither side gets ANY of what they want

c)

an agreement in which both sides get SOME but not ALL of what they want

d)

a disagreement that never gets resolved