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What main question did delegates debate after the Great Compromise?
How slaves should be counted for representation in House
Whether the president should serve for life
Whether to allow women to vote
How many senators each state should have
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How did the New Jersey Plan differ from the Virginia Plan?
It proposed 3 branches of government while Virginia wanted 2
only large states could send delegates to Congress
1 part legislature with equal votes for each state
bicameral legislature with representation based-population
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Why did larger states favor the Virginia Plan?
Big states got more representatives and influence-population
It eliminated the legislative branch.
It gave each state the same number of representatives.
It required all laws to be approved by state governors.
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What action did Daniel Shays and his followers take in early 1787?
They negotiated a loan from foreign banks
They marched on the arsenal at Springfield to take weapons
They met with Congress to demand lower taxes
They voted to form a new state government
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How did the Senate represent the states under the Great Compromise?
Each state's number of senators depended on its population.
states would have 2 senators elected by state legislatures
Senators were appointed by the president.
Only large states would have senators.
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When and where did the Constitutional Convention first meet?
May 25, 1789, in Independence Hall
May 25, 1787, in East Room of the Pennsylvania State House
July 4, 1776, at Carpenter’s Hall
September 17, 1787, at Federal Hall
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What major issue divided the delegates during the convention?
Whether to immediately declare war on Britain
Whether Benjamin Franklin should be king
Whether to keep the Articles of Confederation unchanged
How much power the national government should have versus th
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Why did the new nation face serious money problems after the war?
Foreign countries refused to trade with the U.S.
Paper money became worthless & Congress had no gold/silver
States refused to collect taxes
The national bank lost all its funds
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Why was George Washington chosen president of the convention?
He wrote the Constitution.
He was admired & respected as the former commander in chief
He promised to become the first president of the United Stat
He was the only delegate from Virginia.
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What position did most Northern delegates take about counting enslaved people?
They should be given immediate citizenship and right to vote
counted only as property that could be taxed, but not people
excluded from both representation and taxation
They should be counted fully as citizens for representation.
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What was one major hardship that led Massachusetts farmers to rebel?
Farmers were forced to serve in the army again
Farmers had to sell property or be jailed for unpaid debts
A new law banning farming west of the Appalachians
Foreign soldiers were occupying their farms
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Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, how was each township organized?
Into 12 sections of 100 acres each
Into territories governed by a governor
Into 36 sections of 640 acres each, with one section for pub
Into 50 sections sold only to wealthy landowners
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What key question divided the framers?
Whether to allow foreign leaders to vote in elections
government’s power: from states or directly from the people?
Whether to ban slavery in all states immediately
Whether the United States should go to war with Britain
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