Constitution

Which of the following was considered the "first constitution" of the United States?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution of the United States

• Bill of Rights

Which of the following was an achievement under the Articles of Confederation?

• no power over state governments

• failed to protect citizens from unfair discrimination

• no power to prevent unfair trade competition among states

• passage of the Northwest Ordinance

Which of the following was a problem under the Articles of Confederation?

• waged war against Britain for independence, and won

• no money and no power to get any

• negotiated the Treaty of Paris

• gave states power to create their own laws

Who was the former Revolutionary War captain, and Massachusetts farmer, who led a rebellion against his state's government?

• Gouverneur Morris

• Daniel Shays

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

In which city did the Founding Fathers decide to have a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Philadelphia

• New York City

• Boston

• Annapolis

Who served as president of the Constitutional Convention?

What was the plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that would benefit only small states - one state, one vote?

What was the plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention that would only benefit larger states - representation based only on population?

Who was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and worked for compromise among the delegates?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Luther Martin

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

The Great Compromise - which combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans - is also known as the __________ Compromise.

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

• South Carolina