Principles and the Preamble

Question 1

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

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the Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 2

The issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention was actually an issue about

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representation.

Question 3

How did the issue of slavery affect the debate on representation at the Constitutional Convention?

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Both regions recognized that how enslaved people were counted would significantly affect representation.

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

The Constitution was a result of multiple

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compromises.

Question 6

Which statement about the Virginia Plan is accurate?

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It inspired the creation of the New Jersey Plan.

Question 7

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 8

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

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the House of Representatives

Question 9

The concept of checks and balances ensures that

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each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the others.

Question 10

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.

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