Question 1
The achievement of the Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding
A. the definition of citizenship.
B. states versus federal authority.
C. political representation.
D. expansion of slavery into the territories.
E. women and voting.
Question 2
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to
A. granting citizenship to slaves.
B. None of these answers is correct.
C. abolishing slavery.
D. abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves.
E. granting suffrage for free black males.
Question 3
The Virginia Plan called for
A. an end to the slave trade and gradual emancipation.
B. a two-tier national legislature.
C. a Senate, in which each state would have two members.
D. retaining the Articles of Confederation, with the addition of a national executive.
E. combining the three smallest states into one large state.
Question 4
At the start of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the delegates ruled that
A. states would have proportional voting based on each state's population.
B. each state delegation would have a single vote.
C. slavery would have to be preserved within the United States.
D. their proceeding would be open to the public.
E. the country needed a stronger army to prevent further popular uprisings.
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