Constitution Unit Test

The Constitution went into effect when this number of states (out of 13) ratified it

• twelve

• five

• nine

• seven

"The Father of the U,S, Constitution"

• George Mason

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

Unanimously elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

In exchange for this, both Samuel Adams and John Hancock pledged to support the Constitution

• lower taxes

• 1,000 acres

• adding the Bill of Rights

• adding the Legislative Branch

The first state to ratify the Constitution

• Delaware

• Georgia

• Rhode Island

• Ohio

The U.S. Constitution limits the number of voting Representatives (in the House of Representatives) to:

• 50

• 100

• 200

• 435

The number of Amendments within the Bill of Rights

• 10

• 13

• 27

• 50

The Constitutional Convention took place in the city of:

• New York

• Washington D.C.

• Philadelphia

• Boston

The Federalist Papers were a series of

• books

• playwrights

• magazines

• essays

The term used to describe the belief that government is created by the people, to serve the people

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• system of checks and balances

• confederation