New Jersey Plan
How did New Jersey want representation?
Each state has equal representation
How did the Virginia plan want representation?
What is the great compromise?
A mix of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created two groups in Congress.
What was the main argument of the 3/5ths compromise?
Counting enslaved people for representation
How many delegates signed the Constitution?
39
What kind of states favored the New Jersey plan?
Hint: size.
Small states
What kind of states favored the Virginia plan?
Hint: size.
Large states
The Great Compromise led to the creation of which two parts of Congress?
The senate and the House of Representatives
How did the 3/5 Compromise affect the power of slaveholding states in the House of Representatives?
It increased their population by counting a little of the enslaved population
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What type of congress did the New Jersey plan want?
One house congress
two-house congress
In the senate each state gets how many representatives?
2
Which states did the 3/5ths compromise affect?
all the states
Who is known as "The Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Why would small states favor the New Jersey plan?
It gave every state the same number of votes, so small states wouldn’t have less power than big states.
Why would the large states prefer the Virginia plan?
States population
What states did the 3/5ths compromise benefit?
Southern
When was the constitutional convention
May 27, 1787
Why did large states not agree with the New Jersey plan?
Because it would give them less power
If the Virginia plan were to be picked, who would have the most say in voting?
Large states
How did the Great Compromise settle the argument between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans about how states should be represented in Congress?
How did the 3/5ths compromise maintain slavery?
It made it less likely to end slavery because it gave the southern states control in congress.
Where was the constitutional convention held?
Philadephia