Creating the Constitution

The Articles of Confederation did all of the following except

• serve as the first plan of government for the United States.

• divide power among three branches of government.

• give Congress power to make war and peace.

• form a loose union of the states.

The Constitution was drafted

• in under 100 working days.

• between June and July of 1787.

• by a committee of lawyers.

• by Madison working at night.

Shays’s Rebellion is remembered today because it

• threatened law and order in Massachusetts

• showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked.

• dramatized the money problems faced by poor farmers

• shocked Congress into calling for a Constitutional Convention

An important challenge facing the Constitutional Convention was how to balance the

• needs of eastern and western states.

• interests of large and small states.

• rights of slaves and slaveholders

• demands of farmers and workers.

Both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans called for

• an elected president.

• an end to the slave trade.

• three branches of government.

• two houses of Congress.

The Great Compromise was primarily related to

• selection of Supreme Court justices

• representation in Congress

• checks and balances

• representation in Congress

James Madison is known as the “Father of the Constitution” because

• he took Cornell notes on everything said during the convention

• he was the oldest and wisest of the delegates to the convention

• his influence on the Constitutional Convention was so great

• he studied modern and ancient governments to see what worked

The Constitutional Convention gave the job of choosing a chief executive to

• members of Congress

• state legislatures and governors

• major political parties

• electors chosen by the states

Supporters of the new Constitution were known as

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Republicans

• Patriots

Which state stood to lose the most representatives in Congress if slaves were not counted in any way?

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Maryland