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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.The Virginia Plan based each state's seats in Congress on what?
  • A.Its population
  • B.Equal seats for every state
  • C.Its land area
2.Which states favored the New Jersey Plan?
  • A.Large states
  • B.Only Virginia
  • C.Small states
3.Under the Great Compromise, how are seats in the House decided?
  • A.By the President
  • B.Two for every state
  • C.By each state's population
4.Which states favored the Virginia Plan?
  • A.Small states with few people
  • B.Large states with many people
  • C.States with no coastline
5.Why is the Great Compromise called a compromise?
  • A.One side won everything
  • B.Each side gave up part of what it wanted
  • C.The king decided it
6.What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
  • A.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  • B.Giving three-fifths of the states a vote
  • C.Paying three-fifths of the war debt
7.Who proposed the Great Compromise?
  • A.James Madison of Virginia
  • B.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut
  • C.Alexander Hamilton of New York
8.What did the New Jersey Plan propose?
  • A.Seats based on population
  • B.No Congress at all
  • C.Every state gets an equal vote

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Answer key — The Great Compromise

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  1. 1.Its population
  2. 2.Small states
  3. 3.By each state's population
  4. 4.Large states with many people
  5. 5.Each side gave up part of what it wanted
  6. 6.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  7. 7.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut
  8. 8.Every state gets an equal vote

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