USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Virginia Plan proposed that there would be ____ branches of government.
A
three
B
two
C
five
D
four
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduced to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison’s Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

Detailed explanation-2: -06The Virginia Plan called for a separation of powers in the new US government. 07It also called for a bicameral congress. 08It also included what would become the Good Behavior Clause of the US Constitution. 09The procedures for the admission of new states to the Union also go back to the Virginia Plan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Early on, Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented the Virginia Plan, which provided for a national government with three branches. The legislative branch would make laws, the executive branch would provide leadership and enforce laws, and the judicial branch would explain and interpret laws.

Detailed explanation-4: -that the national executive shall have a right to negative any legislative act: which shall not be afterwards passed unless by two third parts of each branch of the national Legislature.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Virginia Plan, as amended, June 13, 1787 It describes 2 houses: one with members elected by the people for 3-year terms and the other composed of older leaders elected by the state legislatures for 7-year terms. Both would use population as a basis for dividing seats among the states.

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