Question 1

What was the main issue of the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

representation

Question 2

Which statement about the Virginia Plan is accurate?

Accepted Answer

It inspired the creation of the New Jersey Plan.

Question 3

How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.

Question 5

Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

Accepted Answer

It merged the ideas of multiple delegates' plans.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

representation.

Question 7

Once the delegates determined the Three-Fifths Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?

Accepted Answer

the presidential process

Question 8

Why was the issue of slavery so important to the delegates of the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The delegates considered each one of their states to be independent.

Question 10

The act of formally approving something is known as

Accepted Answer

ratification.

Drafting The Constitution

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