Virginia Plan
Did the Virginia Plan favor small states or large states?
What is large states
Did the New Jersey Plan favor large or small states?
What is small states
What compromise helped resolve the disagreement between large and small states?
What is the Great Compromise
What compromise addressed how enslaved people would be counted for representation and direct taxation?
What is the three fifths compromise
Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?
Who is James Madison
Under the Virginia Plan, would the representation be based on population or equal representation across each state?
What is population
Who presented the New Jersey Plan?
Who is William Paterson
What are the two houses of Congress?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate
What fraction of the enslaved population was counted under the compromise?
What is 3/5ths
Which founding father who attended the Convention would later have a Broadway musical named after him?
Who is Alexander Hamilton
How many branches of government did the Virginia Plan propose?
What is three branches
Under the New Jersey Plan, How would states be represented?
What is each state would have equal representation
How many senators does each state have?
What is Two
Was the Three-Fifths Compromise about giving enslaved people equal political rights?
What is No. It was a rule for counting enslaved people for representation and direct taxation.
Who was the oldest delegate at the convention?
Who is Ben Franklin
Why did small states oppose the Virginia Plan?
What is the fear of large states having more power and control over them
Why did small states favor the New Jersey Plan?
What is it protected their influence by giving each state the same amount of representation
How is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
What is by population
How did counting enslaved people affect the political power of slaveholding states?
What is It increased their representation in Congress and influence in presidential elections.
Who was considered the most prepared delegate?
Who is James Madison
Who Presented the Virginia Plan?
Who is Edmund Randolph
What were the small states trying to protect through this plan?
What is the influence of small states
How did the Great Compromise satisfy both small and large states?
What is The House is based on population, while every state receives equal representation in the Senate.
Why is the Three-Fifths Compromise considered an unjust part of the Constitution's history?
What is Enslaved people were counted to increase political representation for slaveholding states while being denied freedom and equal political rights.
What delegate was well respected and became elected as the President of the convention?
Who is George Washington