Convention Quiz

Asked to be president of the Convention, first to sign

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

Which house in Congress gives each state equal representation?

• Senate

• House of Commons

• General Assembly

• House of Representatives

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to…

• Get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate

• Write the Treaty of Paris

• Improve the Articles of Confederation

• Decide who would fight Daniel Shay

The issue of counting enslaved people for representation was solved with the

• Slave compromise

• One-third compromise

• Great compromise

• Three-fifths compromise

The idea that Representation should be based on a state population was the

• Connecticut plan

• Commerce compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey plan

The president would be elected through an indirect vote called the

• Great compromise

• Three-fifths compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Electoral College

One major problem with the Articles is that congress could not ____ the citizens to raise money

• Force

• ask

• demand

• tax

Shay’s Rebellion started as a protest against

• Debtors’ prisons

• No judicial system

• Unfair taxes and farmer debt

• The death penalty

Who was the Father of the Constitution?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison