Drafting the Constitution Quiz
How did the issue of slavery affect the debate on representation at the Constitutional Convention? - Both regions recognized that how enslaved people were counted would significantly affect representation. - The northern states were convinced that enslaved people should be included fully as a part of the population. - The southern states knew counting enslaved people as part of the population would damage their governmental position. - Neither region wanted the enslaved people counted as part of the population because it would skew their representation.
- Both regions recognized that how enslaved people were counted would significantly affect representation.
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.
What was the primary way the farms in the South differed from those in the North? - The farms of the South did not rely on enslaved labor. - The farms of the South raised cash crops using a plantation system. - The farms of the South only provided crops for southern families. - The farms of the South were pushed aside for other industries.
- The farms of the South raised cash crops using a plantation system.
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.
The men sent to the Constitutional Convention to represent their states were best known as: - representatives - senators - delegates - politicians.
- delegates
The issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention was actually an issue about: - representation. - taxes. - citizenship. - legislature.
- representation.
Read the excerpt from James Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787. "Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry]." What did Roger Sherman contribute to the drafting of the Constitution? - the Three-Fifths Compromise - the Virginia Plan - the Great Compromise - the New Jersey Plan
- the Great Compromise
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
