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Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?

A
It included all of Edmund Randolph’s ideas.
B
It was a completely new and different plan.
C
It overlooked the issue of state representation.
D
It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans.
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Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?

A
the New Jersey Plan
B
the Virginia Plan
C
the Electoral process for the presidency
D
the Three-Fifths Compromise
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The Virginia Plan supported the idea of

A
representation based on population.
B
unicameral legislation.
C
equal representation of states.
D
multi-cameral representation.
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What was the most debated subject between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention?

A
taxes
B
slavery
C
representation
D
delegaton
5

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

A
the Senate
B
the House of Representatives
C
the Office of the President
D
the Unicameral Legislature
6

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

A
only in the North
B
mostly in the South
C
mostly in the Mid-West
D
only in the far West
7

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

T
Their economy was based on agriculture.
T
They had far fewer large cities than the southern states.
T
They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.
T
They had very large farms called plantations.
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Which of these was not a key difference between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention?

A
Wanting to elect the president directly vs. using an electoral college
B
Having more, larger cities vs. having fewer, smaller cities
C
Wanting to protect agriculture vs. protect industries
D
Having many enslaved people vs. using less enslaved labor
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Which statement about the delegates at the Constitutional Convention is accurate?

A
The delegates all came to the convention from the same region.
B
The delegates agreed on the same constitutional principles.
C
The delegates agreed on what governmental changes were necessary.
D
The delegates considered each one of their states to have independent interests.
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a
a legislature based on size of the state
a
an act of working as a lawmaker for a group
a
a government made up of two parts or houses
a
an agreement reached after long debate
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Which statement about the Virginia Plan is accurate?

A
It called for a unicameral legislature.
B
It supported the interests of the smaller states.
C
It proposed an executive staff instead of a single executive.
D
It inspired the creation of the New Jersey Plan.
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The issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention was actually an issue about

r
representation.
t
taxes.
c
citizenship.
l
legislature.
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Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.

A
established equal representation in Congress regardless of a state’s population.
B
established proportional representation in Congress for both large and small states.
C
established that a state’s enslaved population would be counted for partial representation.
D
established that slavery would be outlawed within twenty years of the Constitution’s ratification.
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How did the issue of slavery affect the debate on representation at the Constitutional Convention?

A
Both regions recognized that how enslaved people were counted would significantly affect representation.
B
The northern states were convinced that enslaved people should be included fully as a part of the population.
C
The southern states knew counting enslaved people as part of the population would damage their governmental position.
D
Neither region wanted the enslaved people counted as part of the population because it would skew their representation.

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