The Constitutional Convention: the plans, the disagreements and the compromises
Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet
Circle the best answer.
How are seats in the House of Representatives given, Milo asks?
- By population
- By the size of the land
- By the governor's choice
- Equal for each state
Who proposed the compromise, Pia asks?
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- Franklin and Washington
- Paterson of New Jersey
- Randolph and Madison of Virginia
- Sherman and Ellsworth of Connecticut
What did the large states get from the compromise, Ren asks?
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- A larger Senate vote
- Equal seats in the Senate
- Nothing of any kind
- Seats by population in the House
What did the small states get, Tala asks?
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- Seats by population in the House
- A veto on the laws
- More House seats than large states
- Equal seats in the Senate
How do the age rules for the two houses differ, Zee asks?
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- Both 30
- Senate 25; House 30
- Both 25
- Senate 30; House 25
How much longer is a senator's term than a House member's, Ari asks?
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- 8 years longer
- 2 years longer
- 3 times as short
- 4 years longer
By how many votes was the compromise adopted, Bo asks?
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- Each state's vote
- One vote
- No vote was held
- Ten votes
How many years passed from the compromise (1787) to its 200th anniversary celebration, Esme asks?
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- 3,774 years
- 200 years
- 187 years
- 100 years
Why is it called a compromise, Jun asks?
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- One side won everything
- It ended the convention
- No one agreed to it
- Each side got part of what it wanted
Why does the Senate historian say there might have been no Constitution without the vote, Kira asks?
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- The dispute could have ended the convention
- The vote freed the states
- The vote named a president
- The vote ended the Articles that day