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At the Constitutional Convention, larger states eagerly supported the

A
New Jersey Plan.
B
Articles of Confederation.
C
Virginia Plan.
D
Great Compromise.
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The delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

A
publicize amendments to the Articles of Confederation as they were made.
B
keep amendments to the Constitution secret from the public.
C
publicize the proceedings and abandon the Constitution.
D
keep the proceedings secret and abandon the Articles of Confederation.
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The Constitutional Convention limited the power of the executive branch by

A
establishing the Electoral College.
B
subjecting the president to the Articles of Confederation.
C
subjecting the president to checks by Congress.
D
agreeing to the Three-Fifths Compromise.
4

During the Constitutional Convention, large states such as Virginia argued that

A
a state’s congressional representation should be based on its geographic size.
B
each state should decide for itself the number of representatives it has.
C
all states should have same number of congressional representatives.
D
a state’s congressional representation should be based on its population.
5

During the Constitutional Convention, which would have given the most populated states more power?

A
Shays’ Rebellion
B
the New Jersey Plan
C
the Virginia Plan
D
a unicameral Congress
7

During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

A
regulate commerce in the South but not the North.
B
regulate commerce in the North but not the South.
C
choose its own members as well as the nation’s chief executive.
D
amend the Constitution of the United States with a majority vote.
8

The result of the Great Compromise was a

A
unicameral Congress, with an equal number of representatives from each state.
B
bicameral Congress, with representation in one house restricted to large states.
C
unicameral Congress, with representation based on population.
D
bicameral Congress, with representation in one house based on population.
9

Because of the compromises delegates reached, the work of the Constitutional Convention

A
was never approved by the states.
B
led the country into a new war.
C
weakened the central government.
D
strengthened the central government.
10

The purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention was to revise the

A
New Jersey Plan.
B
Virginia Plan.
C
Bill of Rights.
D
Articles of Confederation.
11

During the Constitutional Convention, which proposal included a bicameral Congress?

A
the Articles of Confederation
B
the Virginia Plan
C
the New Jersey Plan
D
the Three-Fifths Compromise
12

Which event convinced American leaders to call the Grand Convention?

A
the Virginia Plan
B
the Constitutional Convention
C
Shays’s Rebellion
D
the Great Compromise
13

The Three-Fifths Compromise solved a dispute between

A
heavily populated states.
B
states in the East and the West.
C
states that did and did not allow the trade in enslaved people.
D
states that did and did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
14

During the Constitutional Convention, disagreement over how to count enslaved people for the purpose of representation was settled by the

A
Great Compromise.
B
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.
C
Three-Fifths Compromise.
D
Electoral College Compromise.

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