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Constitutional Compromise

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  • What surprising action did the delegates take after debating the Virginia Plan?
    They agreed to write a completely new Constitution.
    They voted to make James Madison king.
    They decided to keep the Articles of Confederation.
    They postponed all decisions until the next year
  • Why did Southern delegates want enslaved people counted in the population totals?
    To reduce their tax burden
    Because they believed enslaved people should vote
    To lower the number of representatives from the South
    To increase the South’s representatives in the House
  • Why did the new nation face serious money problems after the war?
    States refused to collect taxes
    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.
  • What main question did delegates debate after the Great Compromise?
    Whether to allow women to vote
    How slaves should be counted for representation in House
    How many senators each state should have
    Whether the president should serve for life
  • What action did Daniel Shays and his followers take in early 1787?
    They negotiated a loan from foreign banks
    They met with Congress to demand lower taxes
    They marched on the arsenal at Springfield to take weapons
    They voted to form a new state government
  • When and where did the Constitutional Convention first meet?
    July 4, 1776, at Carpenter’s Hall
    September 17, 1787, at Federal Hall
    May 25, 1789, in Independence Hall
    May 25, 1787, in East Room of the Pennsylvania State House
  • What problem showed a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
    The president had too much power.
    Congress could not pass any laws.
    States argued with each other over borders and taxes. (Corre
    Foreign countries controlled U.S. land
  • How did the Senate represent the states under the Great Compromise?
    states would have 2 senators elected by state legislatures
    Senators were appointed by the president.
    Only large states would have senators.
    Each state's number of senators depended on its population.
  • 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
    Foreign soldiers were occupying their farms
    Farmers were forced to serve in the army again
  • Why was George Washington chosen president of the convention?
    He promised to become the first president of the United Stat
    He was admired & respected as the former commander in chief
    He was the only delegate from Virginia.
    He wrote the Constitution.
  • How did the New Jersey Plan differ from the Virginia Plan?
    only large states could send delegates to Congress
    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
  • hy was the Great Compromise important for the Constitutional Convention?
    It allowed the convention to immediately adjourn (end)
    combined features of 2 plans and saved the Constitution
    It gave all the power to the executive branch
    It replaced the idea of representing the people with full s
  • Which statement best describes the delegates as a group?
    experienced, educated White men with political backgrounds
    They included women and people of color.
    They were mostly young farmers with little political experi
    They were primarily foreign leaders invited to advise the Un
  • What major issue divided the delegates during the convention?
    Whether to keep the Articles of Confederation unchanged
    Whether Benjamin Franklin should be king
    Whether to immediately declare war on Britain
    How much power the national government should have versus th
  • What key question divided the framers?
    government’s power: from states or directly from the people?
    Whether the United States should go to war with Britain
    Whether to ban slavery in all states immediately
    Whether to allow foreign leaders to vote in elections
  • What was one direct outcome of Shays’ Rebellion for the national government?
    Congressional convention in Philadelphia in 1787--update AoC
    States banned paper money nationwide
    Congress immediately created a standing national army
    The Constitution was ratified the next month
  • What was the main feature of the House of Representatives under the Great Compromise?
    Each state would have one representative regardless of size.
    Representation would be based on each state's population.
    Representatives would be chosen only by state governors.
    Each state would have two representatives.
  • Which state did NOT send delegates to the convention?
    Rhode Island
    New York
    Virginia
    Pennsylvania
  • Why did the delegates adopt a rule of secrecy?
    To prevent foreign spies from learning their plans
    To allow them to revise the Declaration of Independence
    To keep Washington’s notes private
    speak freely without public alarm until their work was done
  • Which feature was part of the Virginia Plan?
    A one-house legislature with equal votes for each state
    A monarch to lead the executive branch
    A 3 part government with a two-house (bicameral) Congress
    No national judiciary
  • Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, how was each township organized?
    Into territories governed by a governor
    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
  • 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 counted fully as citizens for representation.
    excluded from both representation and taxation
    They should be given immediate citizenship and right to vote
  • According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, when could a territory apply to become a state?
    When it had 500 free adult males
    As soon as settlers arrived
    When it had 60,000 people
    When it had 5,000 people total
  • Why did larger states favor the Virginia Plan?
    It eliminated the legislative branch.
    It required all laws to be approved by state governors.
    Big states got more representatives and influence-population
    It gave each state the same number of representatives.
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