Question: What did Randolph mean when he wrote “shake it to its foundations”?

If a fair representation of the people be not secured, the injustice of the Government will shake it to its foundations

Answer: weaken or destroy government

Question: Drag and Drop

Virginia Plan

Answer: -Called for a bicameral legislature

-Called for proportional representation

-Was supported by larger states

Question: Drag and Drop

New Jersey Plan

Answer: -Was supported by smaller states

-Called for a unicameral legislature

-Called for equal representation

Question: Which of the following summarizes the Great Compromise?

Answer: It combined key elements from the “small state” and “large state” plans.

Question: How was the Three-Fifths Compromise like the Great Compromise?

Answer: It determined how states would be represented in Congress.

Question: The compacts which are to embrace thirteen distinct States in a common bond of amity [friendship] and union, must as necessarily be a compromise of as many dissimilar interests and inclinations.

• Alexander Hamilton Federalist, No. 85

• What is the central point that Hamilton is making?

• Answer: Compromise was a necessary part of uniting thirteen different states.