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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.No Congress at all
  • B.Every state gets an equal vote
  • C.Seats based on population
2.Which states favored the Virginia Plan?
  • A.Small states with few people
  • B.Large states with many people
  • C.States with no coastline
3.What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
  • A.Giving three-fifths of the states a vote
  • B.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  • C.Paying three-fifths of the war debt
4.Who wrote most of the Virginia Plan?
  • A.William Paterson
  • B.James Madison
  • C.Roger Sherman
5.Under the Great Compromise, how are seats in the House decided?
  • A.By each state's population
  • B.Two for every state
  • C.By the President
6.Under the Great Compromise, how many senators does each state get?
  • A.Five
  • B.Two
  • C.One
7.How did the Convention settle most disagreements?
  • A.They asked the British king
  • B.Delegates debated, proposed changes and voted
  • C.Washington decided alone
8.Who proposed the Great Compromise?
  • A.James Madison of Virginia
  • B.Alexander Hamilton of New York
  • C.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut

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Answer key — The Great Compromise

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  1. 1.Every state gets an equal vote
  2. 2.Large states with many people
  3. 3.Counting three of every five enslaved people when giving out House seats
  4. 4.James Madison
  5. 5.By each state's population
  6. 6.Two
  7. 7.Delegates debated, proposed changes and voted
  8. 8.Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut

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