The Constitutional Convention: the plans, the disagreements and the compromises

Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   What did the Three-Fifths Compromise count, Tala asks?

   • Property owners alone
   • Each enslaved person in full
   • Three-fifths of enslaved people, for seats
   • Three-fifths of the free people, for seats
3. 2.

   Who gained more House seats from the three-fifths rule, Bo asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Enslaved people themselves
   • Rhode Island
   • States with few enslaved people
   • States with many enslaved people
4. 3.

   Did enslaved people gain any rights from the three-fifths rule, Esme asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Yes; they became citizens
   • Yes; they could vote
   • No; it gave them no vote
   • Yes; they were freed
5. 4.

   Why did abolitionists say the convention had sold out liberty, Jun asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • The deals protected slavery
   • The deals ended slavery
   • The deals made a king
   • The deals gave Rhode Island power
6. 5.

   How did the slavery deals help finish the Constitution, by the diagram, Kira asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • They were rejected
   • They traded votes to agree
   • They ended the debate on slavery forever
   • They were Rhode Island's idea
7. 6.

   Which three delegates wanted more changes before signing, Luz asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Sherman, Ellsworth and Paterson
   • Franklin, Washington and Madison
   • Mason, Randolph and Gerry
   • Hamilton, Jay and Dayton
8. 7.

   How many days passed from the final vote (September 15) to the signing (September 17), Milo asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 2 days
   • 15 days
   • 32 days
   • 1 day
9. 8.

   Noah's note says, "The Constitution ended the slave trade in 1787." Which fix is right?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Leave it: liberty was the goal
   • Change trade to tax
   • Change it: it allowed 20 more years
   • Change 1787 to 1776
10. 9.

    Pia's note says, "Enslaved people were counted in full for House seats." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Change seats to votes
    • Change House to Senate
    • Leave it: they lived in the states
    • Change in full to three-fifths
11. 10.

    Ren's note says, "Every delegate happily signed." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Change it: some wanted more changes
    • Change delegate to state
    • Leave it: each state delegation voted aye
    • Change signed to sang