Emrich-Constitutional Convention

What is the meaning of ratify?

To approve

Who wrote most of the Virginia Plan and is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?

James Madison

What is the meaning of convention?

a meeting

Which plan stated the Federal government could tax?

Virginia AND New Jersey Plan

Which plan stated the executive branch would be made up of 3 people, one from each region?

New Jersey Plan

Which plan stated representation in the legislature would be based on a state’s population?

Virginia Plan

Which plan wanted a bicameral legislature?

Virginia Plan

Which plan stated the Federal government would have 3 branches?

New Jersey AND Virginia Plan

True or False: A compromise is a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands.

True

True or False: Bicameral is a one-house legislature

False, it refers to a two-house legislature.

True or False: The Constitution needed the approval of all 13 states to take effect.

False, it required the approval of 9 out of 13 states.

True or False: The slave trade was banned in the Constitution

False, the Constitution allowed the slave trade to continue for 20 years

True or False: The Constitution was America’s first plan of government.

False; Articles of Confederation were first

True or False: The delegates at the Constitutional Convention decided to include a Bill of  Rights when they wrote the Constitution.

False; it was added later

True or False: The 3/5^th Compromise said every 3 enslaved people counted as 5 people for population numbers.

False; every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 people

True or False: Shays’s Rebellion showed how strong the national government was under the Articles of Confederation.

False; it revealed the weaknesses and inability of the national government to maintain order.

True or False: The population of a state helps determine the amount of taxes that state 

must pay.

False: taxes are not determined by a state’s population