Creating the Constitution

Why is James Madison known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• He read 100 books in preparation for the convention.

• He took very detailed notes at the convention.

• He helped develop the Constitution that we have today.

• All of these are true.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not

• Issue money

• Collect taxes

• Decide what to do with new land after the war

• Decide who would have the right to vote

Shays' Rebellion was an uprising by

• State militias

• Massachusetts farmers

• Southern slaveholders

• Western settlers

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

• Boston, MA

• Washington, D.C.

• Jamestown, VA

• Philadelphia, PA

Shays' Rebellion displayed the national government's inability to

• Enforce laws

• Provide an effective army

• Make America Great Again

• Agree on how states should be represented in Congress

What event prompted the Constitutional Convention

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Revolutionary War

• Shays' Rebellion

• The ratification of the Constitution

The Great Compromise settled the issue of

• How slaves should be counted

• taxation on farmers

• What should be done to fix the Articles of Confederation

• How many representatives a state should have in the Legislative Branch.

The Three-Fifths Compromise settled the issue of

• How slaves should be counted

• taxation on farmers

• What should be done to fix the Articles of Confederation

• How many representatives a state should have in the Legislative Branch.

The Legislative Branch is made up of ____ house(s)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The Virginia Plan was supported by _______ states, while the New Jersey Plan was supported by _______ states.

• slaveholding, small

• large, northern

• large, small

• small, large