Constitutional Convention Flashcard

Front

Who suggested an aristocratic plan for the Constitution?

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Alexander Hamilton

Front

Who was the unanimous choice for president of the Convention?

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George Washington

Front

Who was the author of the Great Compromise?

Back

Roger Sherman

Front

Who argued against the continuation of the slave trade?

Back

George Mason

Front

Who introduced the New Jersey Plan?

Back

William Paterson

Front

Who proposed the Three-fifths Compromise?

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James Madison

Front

Who refined the wording of the Constitution?

Back

Gouverneur Morris

Front

Who was the financier of the War for American Independence?

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Robert Morris

Front

Who likely had deist sympathies, although not an open deist? Options: Thomas Jefferson, Hugh Williamson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton

Back

Hugh Williamson

Front

The Great Compromise decided the issue of representation in which body?

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Congress