The Constitutional Convention: Forging a Nation
This worksheet explores the key events, debates, and compromises of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, examining its impact on American governance.
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The Constitutional Convention: Forging a Nation
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. For short-answer questions, provide concise and well-reasoned responses.
1. Which of the following was a primary reason for calling the Constitutional Convention?
To declare independence from Great Britain
To revise the Articles of Confederation
To elect the first President of the United States
To establish a national bank
2. The Great Compromise primarily addressed which issue during the Convention?
The balance of power between large and small states in the legislature
The method of electing the President
The abolition of slavery
The role of the judiciary
3. The Constitutional Convention was held in the city of in the year .
4. The Plan proposed a strong national government with a bicameral legislature where representation was based on population.
5. The Compromise settled the dispute over how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.
6. All thirteen states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
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False
7. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed unanimously on all major proposals.
True
False
8. Explain the main differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
9. Discuss the significance of the principle of 'separation of powers' as it emerged from the Constitutional Convention.
10. Analyze the impact of the Three-Fifths Compromise on the institution of slavery and the balance of power in the early republic.
Examine the image below, which depicts a scene from the Constitutional Convention.
