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The Great Compromise is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the Convention deliberated its way to Congress, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.9.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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The Great Compromise

D2.Civ.9.3-5

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1.What did the New Jersey Plan propose?
  • A.Seats based on population
  • B.Every state gets an equal vote
  • C.No Congress at all
2.Which states favored the New Jersey Plan?
  • A.Large states
  • B.Small states
  • C.Only Virginia
3.Which states favored the Virginia Plan?
  • A.Large states with many people
  • B.States with no coastline
  • C.Small states with few people
4.Who proposed the Great Compromise?
  • A.Alexander Hamilton of New York
  • B.James Madison of Virginia
  • C.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut
5.Who gained power from the Three-Fifths Compromise?
  • A.Slaveholding states, which got more seats in the House
  • B.Enslaved people, who could now vote
  • C.Small states with few people
6.What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
  • A.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  • B.Paying three-fifths of the war debt
  • C.Giving three-fifths of the states a vote
7.The Virginia Plan based each state's seats in Congress on what?
  • A.Its land area
  • B.Its population
  • C.Equal seats for every state
8.Who wrote most of the Virginia Plan?
  • A.William Paterson
  • B.James Madison
  • C.Roger Sherman

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Answer key — The Great Compromise

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Every state gets an equal vote
  2. 2.Small states
  3. 3.Large states with many people
  4. 4.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut
  5. 5.Slaveholding states, which got more seats in the House
  6. 6.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  7. 7.Its population
  8. 8.James Madison

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.9.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.