U.S Constitution

What is the name of the first Constitution of the United States?

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• Declaration of Independence

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak central government
• Provided for no common currency
• All of the these

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To rewrite the Declaration of Independence

• To create a stronger central government

• To write the Treaty of Paris

• To elect the first president

What did we call people who represented the states at the Philadelphia Convention?

• Senators

• Congressmen

• Delegates

• Speakers

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans.  Which plan wanted states to have more votes based on population? 

• Connecticut Plan 
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan
• 3/5th's Plan 

When creating the legislative branch there were two proposed plans. Which plan wanted states to have equal representation in Congress?

• Connecticut Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

• Virginia Plan

Who was happy with the Virginia plan?

• Small States
• Large States

Who was happy with the New Jersey Plan?

• Small states

• Large states

Which plan did South Carolina support at the Philadelphia Convention?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• New York Plan

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan