Compromise and the Constitution

Question 1

During the Constitutional Convention, disagreement over how to count enslaved people for the purpose of representation was settled by the

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Three-Fifths Compromise.

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

Which event convinced American leaders to call the Grand Convention?

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Shays’s Rebellion

Question 4

The purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention was to revise the

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Articles of Confederation.

Question 5

During the Constitutional Convention, which proposal included a bicameral Congress?

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the Virginia Plan

Question 6

The Three-Fifths Compromise solved a dispute between

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states that did and did not allow the trade in enslaved people.

Question 7

A significant area of disagreement among delegates at the Constitutional Convention was

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how states should be represented in Congress.

Question 8

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

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the Virginia Plan

Question 9

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

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strengthened the central government.

Question 10

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.

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