Compromise and the Constitution

Question 1

At the Constitutional Convention, larger states eagerly supported the

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Virginia Plan.

Question 2

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

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keep the proceedings secret and abandon the Articles of Confederation.

Question 3

The Constitutional Convention limited the power of the executive branch by

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subjecting the president to checks by Congress.

Question 4

During the Constitutional Convention, large states such as Virginia argued that

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a state’s congressional representation should be based on its population.

Question 5

During the Constitutional Convention, which would have given the most populated states more power?

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the Virginia Plan

Question 6

Who took notes during the Constitutional Convention and earned the nickname “Father of the Constitution”?

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James Madison

Question 7

During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

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regulate commerce in the North but not the South.

Question 8

The result of the Great Compromise was a

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bicameral Congress, with representation in one house based on population.

Question 9

Because of the compromises delegates reached, the work of the Constitutional Convention

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strengthened the central government.

Question 10

The purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention was to revise the

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Articles of Confederation.

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