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Constitutional Convention

Authored by Becky Martinez

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why did delegates at the Secon Contineental Congress write the Articles of Confederation?

To avoid entangling alliances with governments in Europe

To provide a list of fundamental rights for all U.S. citizens.

To establish a government framework separate from Great Britain.

To explain the grievances of colonists against the British Parlianment.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a major diagreement in drafting a new constitution arose between

large and small states over the issue of representatin in Congress.

the North and South over emancipating slaves in the United States.

younger and older delegates oer the minium age for voting in Presidential election.

those who wanted to dodify and those who wanted to abandon the Articles of Confederation.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following should replacethe question mark in this diagram?

Direct democracy

Great Compromise

Checks and balances

Missouri Compromise

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of he following correctly decribes the Three-fifths Compromise?

a portion of hte slave population was counted for legislative representation.

A federal law enforcing th return of fugitive slaves was passsed.

The census bureau was established to help apportion representation.

The lection of senators was delegated to state legislatures.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?

It increased the politiocal influence of the South

It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens.

It decreased the federal tax on property in the South.

It allowed the South to expand its industrial output.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the creatin of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut am importat milestone in growth of representative government in the colonies.

It was a written constitution and is ocnsidered the first in the colonies.

It was a social contract requiring setters to sign a loyalty oath to Britain.

It established the first legislature in the colonies, the House of Burgesses.

Itset the precedent for the idea of judicial review for laws from Congress.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main result of slavery expanding into the Southern coloniew was?

mercantilism expanded in the South

the development of the plantation system

southern colonies shifted towards communism

the decline of free enterprise

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