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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Great Compromise?The Virginia PlanThe New Jersey PlanA combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey PlanA destruction of the Virginia & New Jersey plans
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the political cartoon represent?
3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress
5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress
3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes
10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains
- 3. Multiple ChoiceDetermining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate caused -conflict between the north and the southconflict between the large states & the small statesconflict between the middle colonies, the southern colonies & the New England coloniesconflict between all the delegates
- 4. Multiple Choice
What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?
The Great Compromise
Constitutional Convention
The 3/5 Compromise
Shay's Rebellion
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe smaller states wanted -equal representation for all states in Congressrepresentation in Congress based on a state's populationthe revision of the Articles of Confederationthe nation's capitol in New Jersey
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat occurred in Philadelphia, PA?The Constitutional ConventionThe Second Continental CongressShays' RebellionFirst Continental Congress
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was New Jersey's plan?Representation in Congress and taxation is based on populationAll states have equal representation in Congress & taxationThat we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executiveThat we keep the Articles of Confederation the same
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Virginia's plan?Representation in Congress and taxation is based on populationAll states have equal representation in Congress & taxationThat we only have 2 branches of government: legislative and executiveThat we keep the Articles of Confederation the same
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Declaration of Independence?Benjamin FranklinThomas JeffersonJames MadisonGeorge Washington
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the U.S. Constitution?Benjamin FranklinThomas JeffersonJames MadisonGeorge Washington
- 11. Multiple ChoiceEvery state has 2 representatives in the -The Legislative BranchHouse of RepresentativesCongressSenate
- 12. Multiple ChoiceEvery state has representatives based on population in the -The Legislative BranchHouse of RepresentativesCongressSenate
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which list is in order of when it occurred (earliest to most recent)?
Mayflower Compact, US Constitution, English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Magna Carta, Articles of Confeeration, Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution
Articles of Confederation, US Constitution, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence
- 14. Multiple Choice
What or who did not influence the U.S. Constitution?
-English Bill of Rights
-Articles of Confederation
-Lord Baltimore
-Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
English Bill of Rights
Lord Balitimore
Magna Carta
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was important for the representatives to do at the Constitutional Convention?
Represent 3/5 of their population
Give exactly equal powers to everyone
Be able to represent large populations
Be able to work together and come to compromise
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWho thought the states would give up too much power to the federal government under the Constitution?Benjamin FranklinAlexander HamiltonPatrick HenryJohn Adams
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhy didn't George Mason sign the Constitution?He didn't understand that the executive branch oversaw the Special ForcesHe believed individual rights were not protectedHe was from Georgia and didn't attend the conventionHe was a fugitive from the revolution
- 18. Multiple Choice
The delegates restructured the federal government by -
writing the Constitution
rewriting the AOC
writing the Second Treatise on Government
writing the Bill of Rights
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