Forming a Government 8-4

Benjamin Franklin urged the delegates to reject the new Constitution.

• True
• False

Two of the three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution thought that it needed a bill of rights.

• True
• False

People who opposed the Constitution were know as anticonstitutionalists.

• True
• False

People who supported the Constitution believed it provided a good balance of power and reflected a carefully considered compromise among a variety of political opinions.

• True
• False

The Federalist Papers were written by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

• True
• False

The Constitution required the ratification of all 13 states before it could go into effect.

• True
• False

Each state except Rhode Island held special state conventions to give citizens the opportunity to discuss and vote on whether the Constitution should be ratified.

• True
• False

Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution.

• True
• False

In July of 1788 Congress declared the new Constitution ratified.

• True 
• False

The first five amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.

• True
• False