Drafting the Constitution

Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention? The states were not ready to give up their independence to an all-powerful national government. The states believed the Articles of Confederation were working and did not need to be replaced. Each state was most concerned for its own interests and needs. Each state was certain that cooperation would lead to another war.

Each state was most concerned for its own interests and needs.

How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation? It completely supported the creation of a unicameral legislature. It favored representation for the larger states over the smaller states. It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans. It gave every state the same number of state representatives.

It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans.

Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate? It included all of Edmund Randolph's ideas. It was a completely new and different plan. It overlooked the issue of state representation. It merged the ideas of multiple delegates' plans.

It merged the ideas of multiple delegates' plans.

Which statement about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention is accurate? The delegates all came to the convention from the same region. The delegates agreed on the same constitutional principles. The delegates agreed on what governmental changes were necessary. The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.

The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.

Which statement about the northern states in the 1780s is accurate? Their economy was based on agriculture. They had far fewer large cities than the southern states. They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states. They had very large farms called plantations.

They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.

What is the best definition of bicameral? a legislature based on size of the state an act of working as a lawmaker for a group a government made up of two parts or houses an agreement reached after long debate

a government made up of two parts or houses

What is the best definition of unicameral? a representative of the people an agreement by which each party gives up something a government with one legislative body a government with no legislative body

a government with one legislative body

The men sent to the convention to represent their states were best known as representatives senators delegates politicians.

delegates

What was the subject of the most debate between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention? taxes slavery representation delegaton

representation

Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next? the New Jersey Plan the Virginia Plan the Electoral process for the presidency the Three-Fifths Compromise

the Three-Fifths Compromise