PS4700 American Political Thought Practice Test

The plan that proposed the House would elect the Senate is the Virginia Plan. It argued for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population. In this design, the lower house would be elected by the people, and the upper house would be chosen by the lower house from nominees submitted by the state legislatures. So, the House would effectively choose the Senate. The other options don’t fit because they aren’t proposals about how Congress would be structured in that way. The Slavery Issue focuses on a sectional conflict, not a specific legislative framework. The large republic argument is about representation in a large nation, not the mechanism for selecting the upper chamber. The Declaration of Independence is a founding document, not a plan for organizing Congress.