Drafting the Constitution

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 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.

Which of these was not a key difference between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention? Wanting to protect states' interests vs. a government with strict rules Having more, larger cities vs. having fewer, smaller cities Wanting to protect agriculture vs. protect industries Having many enslaved people vs. using less enslaved labor

Wanting to protect states' interests vs. a government with strict rules

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 Constitution was a result of multiple legislations. democracies. compromises. populations.

compromises.

According to the 1790 census, where did most enslaved people live? only in the North mostly in the South mostly in the Mid-West only in the far West

mostly in the South

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

representation

The issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention was actually an issue about representation. taxes. population. legislature.

representation.

In what part of the Great Compromise are the ideas of the Virginia Plan represented? the Senate the House of Representatives the Office of the President the Unicameral Legislature

the House of Representatives

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