Weekly Check 5/21

Shays's Rebellion led to

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

True or False: Delegates met in Philadelphia in 1787 to discuss strengthening the Constitution and ended up replacing it with the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False

Which of America's "Founders" presided over (led) the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

Which "Founder" read over 100 books about government to prepare for the convention, took detailed notes, and is considered "The Father of the Constitution." Hint: He became the fourth President of the United States.

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Which state put forward a plan for government with three branches and a legislative branch with voting strength based upon each states' population?

• New Jersey

• New York

• Connecticut

• Virginia

Which state offered a proposal for a legislative branch with one chamber in which each state would have one vote regardless of their population size?

• New Jersey

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

Which agreement became known as the "Great Compromise" at the Constitutional Convention?

• The formation of the Supreme Court

• A legislative branch with two chambers: voting in the Senate equal, voting in the House based upon population size

• Counting the enslaved population as three-fifths of it's actual total

• Federalism

The argument over voting strength in the legislative branch was between

• slave states and free states

• large states and small states

• western states and eastern states

• federalists and anti-federalists

Northern states and Southern states disagreed on how to

• count the enslaved population for seats in the House and taxation

• set up the legislative branch

• admit new states into the union

• elect the president

The solution to the disagreement over how to count the enslaved population in the United States became known as

• The Great Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Bill of Rights

• The Three-Fifths Compromise