Constitution convention

Which plan proposed at the United States Constitutional Convention solved the issue of representation in Congress?

• The Three-Fifths Compromise
• The Connecticut Compromise
• Elastic Clause
• Preamble

Which document was adopted to address these problems?
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
•Unable to collect taxes
•Failed to raise an army
• Unable to regulate trade

• Northwest Ordinance
• Olive Branch Petition
• United States Constitution
• Albany Plan of Union

Who was the member keeping detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

Who was the peace keeper of the constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was known as the father of the Constitution?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

• St. Augustine, Florida

• Delware

• Washington DC

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

What was the main issue at the Constitutional Convention?

• To take away the rights of the people.

• Deciding whether the national government or the states should be stronger.

• Deciding who should be the president of the United States.

• To print more money.

The Federal System stated that ___________.

• The right to govern would be shared by the national and state governments.

• All rights would be given to the national government.

• All rights would be given to the states.

• Both the national government and the states lost their rights.

In a two-house Congress ____________________.

• There would be no government.

• Each state would be equally represented in one house.

• One house would be based on the population of each state.

• Everyone would have the power to do whatever they wanted.