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Conflict Leads to Compromise
The Constitutional Convention
Directions: Visit the link listed and then
answer the questions that follow.
The Constitutional Convention
- http://americanhistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/275409?terms=constitutional+convention
1. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
2. Which of the 13 states did not attend the meeting?
3. Who was chosen to be the President of the United States?
4. How many votes did each state receive at the convention?
5. What were the names of the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?
6. What document was drafted at the Constitutional Convention?
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The Virginia Plan
- http://educationportal.com/academy/lesson/the-virginia-plandescription-facts-quiz.html#lesson
1. Who wrote the Virginia Plan?
2. What did the Virginia Plan propose?
3. What was the purpose of the Virginia Plan?
4. Which states supported the Virginia Plan?
The New Jersey Plan
- http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/thenew-jersey-plan-explanation-supportersquiz.html#lesson
1. What is the name of the plan proposed to counteract the Virginia Plan?
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2. Who presented the New Jersey Plan?
3. Which states supported the New Jersey Plan?
4. What did the New Jersey Plan mean to protect?
5. What did the New Jersey Plan suggest?
The Constitutional Convention
- http://americanhistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/275409?terms=constitutiona
l+convention
1. What were the compromises and decisions reached between the two plans.
2. Which provision on the Articles of Confederation did the Congress bypass to create
the Constitution?
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The Great Compromise
- http://americangovernment.abcclio.com/Search/Display/688176?terms=the+great+co
mpromise
1. What great compromise was reached in terms of representation in Congress?
The 3/5 Compromise
- http://americanhistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/1882511?terms=three+fifths+
compromise
1. What did Congress decide to in regards to slavery in terms of representation in
Congress?
2. Which group of people would have suggested that slaves be represented in Congress?