Creating the Constitution

The US Constitution replaced ________________ as the national government

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• George Washington

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison

What was the "Great Compromise"?

• Agreement on who should be the 1st president
• agreement on which state was more powerful
• agreement on which government we should have
• agreement about representation for each state in Congress

The Constitution established a system of 3 equal branches of government.

• True
• False

The New Jersey Plan was supported by _____ states and the Virginia Plan was supported by _____ states

• northern; southern
• large; small
• southern; northern
• small; large

The __________ representation was based on the population of the state.

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Articles
• Presidency

The ______ would have two representatives from each state

• House of Representatives
• Presidency
• Articles
• Senate

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over

• representation in Congress
• the issue of slavery
• the presidential veto power
• judicial review

News of Shay's Rebellion and unrest elsewhere convinced the Congress to

• send federal troops to states where the government was abusing its power
• call a convention of the states to revise the Articles of Confederation
• call a convention of states to revise the Constitution
• pass laws to provide relief for poor farmers who were losing their farms

The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.