Drafting the Constitution — Quiz

Question 1

The Virginia Plan supported the idea of

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representation based on population.

Question 2

Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

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It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans.

Question 3

What is the best definition of bicameral ?

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a government made up of two parts or houses

Question 4

What was the subject of the most debate between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention?

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representation

Question 5

Which statement about the Virginia Plan is accurate?

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It inspired the creation of the New Jersey Plan.

Question 6

In what part of the Great Compromise are the ideas of the Virginia Plan represented?

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the House of Representatives

Question 7

The Constitution was a result of multiple

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compromises.

Question 8

How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?

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It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans.

Question 9

The New Jersey Plan supported the idea of

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equal representation.

Question 10

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

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The farms of the South raised cash crops using a plantation system.

Drafting the Constitution — Quiz Answers