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What was the primary way the farms in the South differed from those in the North?

A
The farms of the South did not rely on enslaved labor.
B
The farms of the South raised cash crops using a plantation system.
C
The farms of the South only provided crops for southern families.
D
The farms of the South were pushed aside for other industries.
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Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.

A
the Three-Fifths Compromise
B
the Virginia Plan
C
the Great Compromise
D
the New Jersey Plan
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best

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

A
a representative of the people
B
an agreement by which each party gives up something
C
a government with one legislative body
D
a government with no legislative body
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In what part of the Great Compromise are the ideas of the Virginia Plan represented?

A
the Senate
B
the House of Representatives
C
the Office of the President
D
the Unicameral Legislature
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Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.

A
established equal representation in Congress regardless of a state’s population.
B
established proportional representation in Congress for both large and small states.
C
established that a state’s enslaved population would be counted for partial representation.
D
established that slavery would be outlawed within twenty years of the Constitution’s ratification.
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Which statement about the northern states in the 1780s is accurate?

A
Their economy was based on agriculture.
B
They had far fewer large cities than the southern states.
C
They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.
D
They had very large farms called plantations.
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Which of these was not a key difference between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention?

A
Wanting to elect the president directly vs. using an electoral college
B
Having more, larger cities vs. having fewer, smaller cities
C
Wanting to protect agriculture vs. protect industries
D
Having many enslaved people vs. using less enslaved labor
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Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

A
It included all of Edmund Randolph’s ideas.
B
It was a completely new and different plan.
C
It overlooked the issue of state representation.
D
It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans.
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Which statement about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention is accurate?

A
The delegates all came to the convention from the same region.
B
The delegates agreed on the same constitutional principles.
C
The delegates agreed on what governmental changes were necessary.
D
The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.
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Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention?

A
The states were not ready to give up their independence to an all-powerful national government.
B
The states believed the Articles of Confederation were working and did not need to be replaced.
C
Each state was most concerned for its own interests and needs.
D
Each state was certain that cooperation would lead to another war.
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The Constitution was a result of multiple

A
legislations.
B
democracies.
C
compromises.
D
populations.
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The men sent to the Constitutional Convention to represent their states were best known as

A
representatives
B
senators
C
delegates
D
politicians.

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