Compromise and the Constitution Answers

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The Three-Fifths Compromise solved a dispute between

A
heavily populated states.
B
states in the East and the West.
C
states that did and did not allow the trade in enslaved people.
D
states that did and did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
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A significant area of disagreement among delegates at the Constitutional Convention was

A
whether the Articles of Confederation should be abandoned.
B
the number of branches the new government should have.
C
how many people would be on the chief executive committee.
D
how states should be represented in Congress.
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During the Constitutional Convention, large states such as Virginia argued that

A
a state’s congressional representation should be based on its geographic size.
B
each state should decide for itself the number of representatives it has.
C
all states should have same number of congressional representatives.
D
a state’s congressional representation should be based on its population.
4

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

A
Great Compromise.
B
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.
C
Three-Fifths Compromise.
D
Electoral College Compromise.
5

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

A
the Articles of Confederation
B
the Virginia Plan
C
the New Jersey Plan
D
the Three-Fifths Compromise
6

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

A
regulate commerce in the South but not the North.
B
regulate commerce in the North but not the South.
C
choose its own members as well as the nation’s chief executive.
D
amend the Constitution of the United States with a majority vote.
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Disagreements between states during the Constitutional Convention were settled by

A
delegates from all thirteen states.
B
discussion and compromise.
C
the decisions of George Washington.
D
the Articles of Confederation.
8

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

A
Shays’ Rebellion
B
the New Jersey Plan
C
the Virginia Plan
D
a unicameral Congress
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The Constitutional Convention limited the power of the executive branch by

A
establishing the Electoral College.
B
subjecting the president to the Articles of Confederation.
C
subjecting the president to checks by Congress.
D
agreeing to the Three-Fifths Compromise.
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Which event convinced American leaders to call the Grand Convention?

A
the Virginia Plan
B
the Constitutional Convention
C
Shays’s Rebellion
D
the Great Compromise

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