One proposal called for a two-house national legislature in which both houses would use population as the basis for representation. Which plan was it?

A proposal kept a one-house legislature with each state casting one vote, much like the Articles of Confederation. Which plan was it?

On June 18, 1787, one delegate proposed that senators and a national executive serve during good behavior, which could mean for life. Which proposal was this?

One opening proposal created a council of revision, made up of the executive and some federal judges, that could veto acts of the national legislature. Which plan was it?

William Paterson presented a plan that amended the Articles, let Congress tax imports and regulate trade, and made the executive a group of several people. Which plan was it?

A plan associated with Madison used proportional representation and gave the national legislature power to veto some state laws. Which plan was it?

Small states rejected population-based seats; large states rejected equal votes in all of Congress. The settlement gave each side one chamber. What is it called?

Southern delegates wanted enslaved persons counted fully for representation, and some northern delegates wanted them excluded. Which compromise settled how they would be counted?

South Carolina and Georgia demanded protection for the Atlantic slave trade, while others wanted Congress able to ban it. Which compromise delayed a ban until 1808?

Some delegates wanted Congress to choose the president, while others wanted the people to vote directly. Which compromise settled how the president would be chosen?

In the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise, southern delegates dropped a demand about laws regulating trade and shipping. What vote in Congress had they wanted those laws to need?

As part of the Great Compromise, large states won a rule that bills for raising revenue must start in one chamber. Which chamber is it?

Under the Three-Fifths Compromise, the count of enslaved persons was used for seats in the House of Representatives and for what else?

Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth are credited with proposing the Great Compromise. Which state did they represent at the Convention?

The delegates chose one member unanimously to preside over the Constitutional Convention. Who was it?

The original states appointed delegates to the Convention except one state, which sent none. Which state did not send delegates?

Which Virginia governor presented the Virginia Plan to the Convention on May 29, 1787?

The Convention met in Philadelphia's State House, where the Declaration had been signed. What is that building now commonly called?

The Convention counted three of every five enslaved persons for seats and direct taxes. Which part of government did that count most directly shape?

The Great Compromise gave every state two members regardless of population. Which chamber directly reflects that rule?

Under the electoral compromise, a state's electors equaled its senators plus representatives. If a state had 2 senators and 6 representatives, how many electors did it have?

Article I gives Congress power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce but bars federal taxes on exports. Which compromise helped produce that pairing?

Article I, Section 9 let Congress place a tax on each imported enslaved person but capped the amount. What was the maximum tax allowed per person?

Mason, Gerry, and Randolph refused to sign because the Constitution lacked a bill of rights. What later path addressed that omission?

The Convention protected some slaveholder interests but did not abolish or fully settle slavery nationwide. Where was slavery's legality left at the founding?