Constitution and Bill of Rights

The main purpose of the constitutional convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False

Which state decided not to send a representative to the convention?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Delaware

• Rhode Island

This compromise was used to settle a debate between large and small states.

• The Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• The constitution

• All of these

Would you have been a federalist or antifederalist?

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

What was the Three- Fifths Compromise? Why was it  created?

• Enslaved people counted as 3/5 of what a "Free Person" counted as

• Enslaved people counted as 3/5 of a person for taxes and representation.

• Slavery wasn't abolished until the 13 amendment

• All of these

The Bill of Rights was added to the constitution to address which problem?

• conflict between the South and the North over the issue of slavery

• disagreement between large and small states over the design of legislative branch

• resistance to ratification  by political leaders who worried about the amount of power given to the federal government

• the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation that prevented the national government from solving the nation's economic problems.

How many states were needed to approve the US Constitution?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• All 13

Which article of the constitution is the longest?

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

What is article one about?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• States Rights

• Ratification

Article two describes the job of who?

• The judiciary

• The Congress

• The president and VP

• All of these