Constitutional Convention compromises quiz

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ⚖️ The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise): Created a bicameral legislature with the Senate (equal representation) and the House of Representatives (representation based on population).
• 👨‍⚖️ The Three-Fifths Compromise: Determined that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.
• 🤝 The Commerce Compromise: Allowed the federal government to regulate interstate and foreign trade but prohibited taxing exports.
• 🗳️ The Electoral College: Established a system where electors, rather than direct popular vote, choose the president.
• 📜 Compromise on Slave Trade: Congress could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808.

Practice Quiz

1. Which issue was resolved by the Great Compromise?
   1. The counting of enslaved people for representation.
   2. The balance of power between large and small states.
   3. The regulation of interstate commerce.
   4. The selection of the president.
2. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise address?
   1. How enslaved people would be freed.
   2. How enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.
   3. Whether to ban the slave trade.
   4. The powers of the executive branch.
3. The Commerce Compromise dealt primarily with which of the following?
   1. The powers of the Supreme Court.
   2. The regulation of trade.
   3. The establishment of a national bank.
   4. The amendment process.
4. What was the main purpose of the Electoral College?
   1. To directly elect senators.
   2. To choose the vice president.
   3. To elect the president through electors chosen by the states.
   4. To conduct national referendums.
5. Which compromise determined that Congress could not ban the slave trade until 1808?
   1. The Three-Fifths Compromise
   2. The Commerce Compromise
   3. The Compromise on Slave Trade
   4. The Great Compromise
6. Which of these compromises benefited the Southern states the most?
   1. The Great Compromise
   2. The Commerce Compromise
   3. The Three-Fifths Compromise
   4. The Electoral College
7. What was a key point of contention that led to these compromises?
   1. Whether to establish a monarchy or republic.
   2. The structure and powers of the federal government, especially representation and trade.
   3. Whether to declare independence from Great Britain.
   4. The role of the military in domestic affairs.