Chapter 12

Question 1

This first of two major meetings to precede the Constitutional Convention, included delegates from Maryland and Virginia, who met in 1785 at George Washington’s home to discuss problems with navigation in the area of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.

Answer 1

Mount Vernon Conference

Question 2

This second of two major meetings to precede the Constitutional Convention was held in 1786 and included delegates from only 5 of the then 13 states.

Answer 2

Annapolis Convention

Question 3

Held at independence Hall in 1787 for the “sole and express” purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, the delegates to this meeting wrote the Constitution.

Answer 3

Philadelphia Convention

Question 4

It was at this Philadelphia location, on Chestnut Street, that both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and drafted.

Answer 4

Independence Hall

Question 5

This New Jersey delegate was the youngest person in attendance at the Constitutional Convention.

Answer 5

Jonathan Dayton

Question 6

The words “easily seen”, “Noticeable”, “Salient”, etc. mean

Answer 6

Conspicuous

Question 7

This word means “disagreement”, “discord,” “conflict,” or “opposition.”

Answer 7

Dissension

Question 8

Also known asa the Randolph Plan or the Large State Plan, this proposal was actually written primarily by James Madison.

Answer 8

Virginia Plan

Question 9

Also known as the Paterson Plan or the Small State Plan, this proposal was an alternative to the Large State Plan.

Answer 9

New Jersey Plan

Question 10

Also known as the “Great Compromise” or “Sherman’s Compromise” this agreement merged the Large and Small State Plans by proposing a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

Answer 10

Connecticut Compromise

Question 11

He, along with Oliver Ellsworth, drafted the Great Compromise; Sherman also designed the Three Fifths Compromise.

Answer 11

Roger Sherman

Question 12

This governor of New Jersey was the primary architect of the New Jersey Plan.

Answer 12

William Paterson

Question 13

Although his long list of credentials included governor of Virginia, Secretary of State under the administration of George Washington, was the primary architect of the Virginia Plan.

Answer 13

Edmund Randolph