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?

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

   For how long could the import of enslaved people go on, Zee asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Forever
   • 20 years
   • It ended at once
   • 5 years
4. 3.

   What did New England delegates get in the slave-trade deal, Ari asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Three-fifths counting
   • Trade laws by a simple majority
   • Equal Senate seats
   • An end to the slave trade in 1787
5. 4.

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

   Use the picture in question 1.

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

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

   Use the picture in question 1.

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

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

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Franklin, Washington and Madison
   • Mason, Randolph and Gerry
   • Sherman, Ellsworth and Paterson
   • 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.

   • 15 days
   • 1 day
   • 2 days
   • 32 days
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 1787 to 1776
   • Change it: it allowed 20 more years
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 House to Senate
    • Change in full to three-fifths
    • Change seats to votes
    • Leave it: they lived in the states
11. 10.

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

    Use the picture in question 1.

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