Drafting the Constitution

Question 1

Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787.Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry].

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the Great Compromise

Question 2

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

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Each state was most concerned for its own interests and needs.

Question 3

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

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the House of Representatives

Question 4

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.

Question 5

Which statement about the northern states in the 1780s is accurate?

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They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.

Question 6

Which statement about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention is accurate?

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The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.

Question 7

The New Jersey Plan supported the idea of

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equal representation.

Question 8

Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?

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the Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 9

best

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a government made up of two parts or houses

Question 10

Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

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It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans.

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