Constitution

What did the Great Compromise settle?

• Debate over power of the national government

• Debate over slavery

• Debate over representation

• Debate over 3 branches of government

Which is not true about the Constitutional Convention?

• Delegates decided to write a new constitution

• James Madison was president of the convention

• The constitution was signed at the end of the convention

• It was held in Philadelphia

Why was the U.S. without a president before the Constitution?

• The citizens wanted a king

• The states wanted to rule themselves

• The electoral college was too difficult to understand

• There was not an Executive Branch of government

What is the Bill of Rights?

• The first ten amendments

• It decided how many votes in the Senate

• It began a federal system

• The first constitution

Why did the delegates go to Philadelphia?

• To write a new constitution

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To elect a president

• To send a petition to King George III

Which freedom is not included in the first amendment?

• Speech

• Petition

• Assembly

• Fair trial

How many states were needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution?

• 13

• 2/3

• 9

• 50%

What branch/(es)of government was/were added to the constitution?

• Legislative and Judicial

• Executive, Judicial, Legislative

• Only the Legislative branch

• Judicial and Executive

Which document was based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights and Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Treaty of Paris

______ was the father of the constitution and _______ was the president of the convention.

• Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington and John Adams

• George Mason and James Monroe

• James Madison and George Washington