Chapter 4: Constituton

Before the government could be governed by the Constitution, ________ states had to ratify it.

• All

• 10

• 9

• 5

In "Objections to this Constitution of Government", who argued that the Constitution should not be ratified because it did not "protect the powers of the states or the rights of citizens"?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Dickinson

• George Mason

What was a consequence of states not imposing the same duties on foreign goods as other states under the Articles of Confederation?

• British merchants brought goods to the states with lower taxes

• Americans saw it as beneficial, having a wide variety of British goods to chose from

• Yeoman farmers hated it, believing there shouldn't be duties

• This angered France, as the U.S. had agreed not to charge duties

The Virginia Plan proposed a

• A Unicameral Congress benefiting large states with many people

• A Bicameral Congress benefiting large states with many people

• A Unicameral Congress benefiting small states with many people

• A Bicameral Congress benefiting small states with few people

Roger Sherman of Connecticut offered this plan, which provided for one house of Congress to be based on population and the other house of Congress would have equal representation.

• The Albany Plan

• The Delaware proposal

• The Great Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

The agreement that every five enslaved people in a state would count as three persons for determining representation and taxes was called the...

• The Three persons rule

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The Three Fifths Compromise

What is the most likely reason Benjamin Franklin attended the Constitutional Convention?

• He believed himself best fit to lead the nation as its first President

• He was forced to; Benjamin Franklin disagreed with ratification

• He wanted to offer his assistance in drafting the Constitution, hopeful for the future

• Benjamin Franklin owned Independence hall, where the Convention took place

Which of these is a power granted to the U.S. under the Constitution, but not the Articles of Confederation?

• The creation of a Federal Court System

• Make Peace and Declare War

• Create a postal system

• Coin Money

Who authored the Virginia Plan?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• William Patterson

• Benjamin Franklin

What was the event that triggered Congress to call a convention of the states to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• The British flooding the states with the lowest taxes with goods produced in Britain

• The need to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785

• The standard yearly review process

• Shays's Rebellion