WorksheetsConstitutional Convention
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why did several states call for the Constitutional Convention?
They wanted to write a new constitution with a stronger central government
They wanted revise the Articles of Confederation.
They wanted to have a reunion of the members of the Continental Congress.
They wanted honor George Washington for all he did during the war.
In May of what year did the Consitutional Conevention take place?
1777
1787
1797
1887
Who was not at the Constitutional Convention?
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
In what city did the Constitutional Convention take place?
New York
Philadelphia
Fargo
Washington D.C.
How many delegates met at the Constitutional Convention?
55
155
58
53
T/F Both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan had three branches of government in their proposals.
TRUE
FALSE
Who Cares
Who knows?
Edmund Randolph and James Madison proposed the Virginia Plan. The plan called for ...
-Strong national government
-Three branches
-two house legislature
- weak central government
- Three branches
- One house legislature
- Strong Central Government
- One branch
- One house legislature
- Weak national government
- Two Branches
- Two House legislature
William Paterson presented the New Jersey Plan. This plan had
- Three Branches
- One house Legislature
- Three Branches
- Two House Legislature
- One Branch of Government
- One House
- One Branch of Government
- Two House legislature
The New Jersey Plan provided for representation in congress based on ...
state population.
Equal representation in all states.
the number of slave in the state.
the number of church going Christians living in the state.
The Virginia Plan provided representation based on ...
population of a state.
equal representation in all states.
Part population part equal
how many church going Christians lived in the state.
Roger Sherman worked out a compromise after the two plans could not be agreed upon. The Compromise was called...
The Great Compromise
The Grande Compromise
The Huge Compromise
Sherm's Terms
The constitution says that every ten years America perform a ________ in order to determine ____________ in the House of Representatives.
1. séance
2. representation
1. census
2. representation
1. search
2. pay rate
Under the 3/5 Compromise, the southern states stood to gain ___________ in Congress.
Power
Money
Whisky
land
T/F - The 3/5 Compromise allowed states to have their slave population partially counted in order to gain representatives in congress.
TRUE
FALSE
