Drafting the Constitution

Question 1

The Constitution was a result of multiple

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compromises.

Question 2

Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

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It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans.

Question 3

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 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

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

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the House of Representatives

Question 6

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 7

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 8

best

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a government made up of two parts or houses

Question 9

not

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Wanting to elect the president directly vs. using an electoral college

Question 10

According to the 1790 census, where did most enslaved people live?

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mostly in the South

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