Constitution Day!

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

• Philadelphia, Independence Hall

• Boston, Faneuil Hall

• New York City, Symphony Hall

• Lexington, Revere Hall

When was the Constitutional Convention held? Give the date it started AND the date it ended?

• May 14 - September 17, 1787

• May 15 - September 18, 1787

• May 16 - September 19, 1787

• May 17 - September 20, 1787

George Washington was at first reluctant to attend the Constitutional Convention. He didn’t want people to think he was grabbing for power in the new United States. Which two people convinced Washington to attend?

• George Mason and Rufus King

• Hercules Mulligan and Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

• James Madison and Henry Knox

Roger Sherman of Connecticut spoke up for the states with smaller populations. He helped to craft a compromise that made sure every state (even those with small populations) would have an equal representation in which legislative body?

• Judicial Branch

• House

• Senate

• Electoral College

James Wilson of Pennsylvania had strong views about the executive branch. He advocated for a single executive (what we call the President) rather than a _____________.

The word “slavery” did not appear in the Constitution. There were two major compromises involving the institution of slavery. The first involved counting what fraction (or what percentage) of people who were enslaved when determining a state’s population?

• 3/5

• 2/5

• 1/5

• 0

The “Great Compromise” of the Constitutional Convention settled the debate about how states would be represented in the legislative (law-making) branch of government. What two bodies of government were created?

• Supreme Court and Juries

• Veto and Senate

• Senate and House

• Veto and House

Once the Constitution was written and signed, it still had to be ratified, or approved, by two-thirds of the states. Since there were only 13 states at the time, this means it had to be ratified by nine states.

What does it mean to ratify?

• deny

• decline

• adjust

• approve

James Madison was in favor of the states ratifying the Constitution. Along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, what did Madison do to help convince the states to ratify the Constitution?

• Protested

• Wrote the Federalist Papers.

• Created civil unrest

• Started a war

Explain why James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights and introduced these amendments to the Constitution in the first session of the U.S. Congress

• Madison introduced the Bill of Rights as a way to get all 13 states to ratify the Constitution.

• Madison started the Boston Tea Party

• Madison burned the Federalist Papers

• Madison quit