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What position did most Northern delegates take about counting enslaved people?

counted only as property that could be taxed, but not people

They should be given immediate citizenship and right to vote

excluded from both representation and taxation

They should be counted fully as citizens for representation.

Why did Southern delegates want enslaved people counted in the population totals?

To increase the South’s representatives in the House

To reduce their tax burden

To lower the number of representatives from the South

Because they believed enslaved people should vote

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

hy was the Great Compromise important for the Constitutional Convention?

combined features of 2 plans and saved the Constitution

It allowed the convention to immediately adjourn (end)

It replaced the idea of representing the people with full s

It gave all the power to the executive branch

How did the Senate represent the states under the Great Compromise?

states would have 2 senators elected by state legislatures

Each state's number of senators depended on its population.

Senators were appointed by the president.

Only large states would have senators.

What was the main feature of the House of Representatives under the Great Compromise?

Representation would be based on each state's population.

Each state would have two representatives.

Representatives would be chosen only by state governors.

Each state would have one representative regardless of size.

How did the New Jersey Plan differ from the Virginia Plan?

1 part legislature with equal votes for each state

It proposed 3 branches of government while Virginia wanted 2

bicameral legislature with representation based-population

only large states could send delegates to Congress

Why did larger states favor the Virginia Plan?

Big states got more representatives and influence-population

It gave each state the same number of representatives.

It eliminated the legislative branch.

It required all laws to be approved by state governors.

Which feature was part of the Virginia Plan?

A 3 part government with a two-house (bicameral) Congress

A one-house legislature with equal votes for each state

A monarch to lead the executive branch

No national judiciary

What key question divided the framers?

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

Whether to allow foreign leaders to vote in elections

What surprising action did the delegates take after debating the Virginia Plan?

They agreed to write a completely new Constitution.

They decided to keep the Articles of Confederation.

They voted to make James Madison king.

They postponed all decisions until the next year

What major issue divided the delegates during the convention?

How much power the national government should have versus th

Whether to immediately declare war on Britain

Whether to keep the Articles of Confederation unchanged

Whether Benjamin Franklin should be king

Which statement best describes the delegates as a group?

experienced, educated White men with political backgrounds

They were mostly young farmers with little political experi

They included women and people of color.

They were primarily foreign leaders invited to advise the Un

Why did the delegates adopt a rule of secrecy?

speak freely without public alarm until their work was done

To allow them to revise the Declaration of Independence

To prevent foreign spies from learning their plans

To keep Washington’s notes private

Which state did NOT send delegates to the convention?

Rhode Island

New York

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Why was George Washington chosen president of the convention?

He was admired & respected as the former commander in chief

He wrote the Constitution.

He was the only delegate from Virginia.

He promised to become the first president of the United Stat

When and where did the Constitutional Convention first meet?

May 25, 1787, in East Room of the Pennsylvania State House

July 4, 1776, at Carpenter’s Hall

September 17, 1787, at Federal Hall

May 25, 1789, in Independence Hall

What was one direct outcome of Shays’ Rebellion for the national government?

Congressional convention in Philadelphia in 1787--update AoC

Congress immediately created a standing national army

States banned paper money nationwide

The Constitution was ratified the next month

What action did Daniel Shays and his followers take in early 1787?

They marched on the arsenal at Springfield to take weapons

They voted to form a new state government

They met with Congress to demand lower taxes

They negotiated a loan from foreign banks

What was one major hardship that led Massachusetts farmers to rebel?

Farmers had to sell property or be jailed for unpaid debts

A new law banning farming west of the Appalachians

Farmers were forced to serve in the army again

Foreign soldiers were occupying their farms

Why did the new nation face serious money problems after the war?

Paper money became worthless & Congress had no gold/silver

The national bank lost all its funds

Foreign countries refused to trade with the U.S.

States refused to collect taxes

According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, when could a territory apply to become a state?

When it had 60,000 people

When it had 500 free adult males

When it had 5,000 people total

As soon as settlers arrived

Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, how was each township organized?

Into 36 sections of 640 acres each, with one section for pub

Into 12 sections of 100 acres each

Into 50 sections sold only to wealthy landowners

Into territories governed by a governor

What problem showed a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

States argued with each other over borders and taxes. (Corre

Congress could not pass any laws.

The president had too much power.

Foreign countries controlled U.S. land