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Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention?

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

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legislations.
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democracies.
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compromises.
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populations.
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Which statement about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention is accurate?

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The delegates all came to the convention from the same region.
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The delegates agreed on the same constitutional principles.
C
The delegates agreed on what governmental changes were necessary.
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The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.
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Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?

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the New Jersey Plan
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the Virginia Plan
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the Electoral process for the presidency
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the Three-Fifths Compromise
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Which of these was not a key difference between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention?

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Wanting to elect the president directly vs. using an electoral college
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Having more, larger cities vs. having fewer, smaller cities
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Wanting to protect agriculture vs. protect industries
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Having many enslaved people vs. using less enslaved labor
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How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?

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It completely supported the creation of a unicameral legislature.
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It favored representation for the larger states over the smaller states.
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It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
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It gave every state the same number of state representatives.
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Which statement about the northern states in the 1780s is accurate?

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Their economy was based on agriculture.
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They had far fewer large cities than the southern states.
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They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.
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They had very large farms called plantations.
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The Virginia Plan supported the idea of

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representation based on population.
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unicameral legislation.
C
equal representation of states.
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multi-cameral representation.
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What was the most debated subject between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention?

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taxes
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slavery
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representation
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delegaton
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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.

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established equal representation in Congress regardless of a state’s population.
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established proportional representation in Congress for both large and small states.
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established that a state’s enslaved population would be counted for partial representation.
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established that slavery would be outlawed within twenty years of the Constitution’s ratification.

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