Writing the Constitution

The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 

• True
• False

The Three-Fifths Compromise help settle the debate over whether to count slaves in the population or not.

• True
• False

Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.

• True
• False

Anti-federalists SUPPORTED making a new constitution.

• True
• False

Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?

• The Great Compromise
• The three-fifths compromise
• The constitutional compromise
• The big compromise

Which group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?

• Federalists
• Anti-federalists
• Democrats
• Northerners

Shay's Rebellion helped prove what point?

• The federal government needed changing
• The states powers were too weak
• The Articles of Confederation were powerful
• George Washington was a great leader.

James Madison was a federalist who wanted a federal constitution. 

• True
• False

Anti-federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to help protect...

• Individual Rights

• State Rights

• Slavery

• The Articles of Confederation

Which of the following is NOT a branch of the government?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive
• Constitutional