Constitution Ratification/Bill of Rights

They supported the Constitution.

• Constitutionalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federlists

• Anti-Federalists

They were opposed to the Constitution.

• Constitutionalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federlists

• Anti-Federalists

A system of government in which power is shared between the central (or federal) government and the states.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Communism

• Sharing is Caring

Some Anti-Federalists were afraid that a strong president might be declared a king.

• True

• False

Ratify means to

• punt

• pass

• kick

• throw

Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against...

• unfair taxes and farmer debt

• the death penalty

• no judicial system

• debtors' prisons

Ultimately, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the adoption of:

• The Treaty of Paris
• The Affordable Care Act
• The U.S. Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence

Which Framer is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Mason

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were combined in the

• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Trade Compromise
• Southern Compromise
• Great Compromise

The Three-Fifths Compromise solved disagreements over 

• repayment of Revolutionary War debt
• large and small state representation
• representation and taxation of slave states
• continuing the Transatlantic Slave Trade