Civic Literacy: Constitutional Convention & Compromises

What were delegates hoping to revise before they actually drafted the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

There were ​ (a)   total delegates, representing ​ (b)   states at the Constitutional Convention in ​ (c)   in ​ the year​ (d)   . Only ​ (e)   was not in attendance.

• 55
• 12
• Philadelphia
• 1787
• Rhode Island
• 13
• Boston
• 1776
• Georgia
• 100

Who was chosen to preside over the Constitutional Convention?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• William Patterson

Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution" because he kept the notes?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

Madison's Large State Plan called for which of the following?

• Bicameral legislature

• No legislative branch at all

• One house based on population, one based on equal representation

• Both houses based on equal representation

The Virginia Plan called for a ​ (a)   legislature with both houses based on ​ (b)   , while the New Jersey Plan called for a ​ (c)   legislature of ​ (d)   representation.

• bicameral
• population
• unicameral
• equal
• trifectorate
• triplicate
• income
• disproportionate

What plan was adopted to determine how representation would be handled in the new government structure following the Articles of Confederation?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Federalist Papers

What was used to decide how to count slaves in the population for purposes of representation?

• Compromise of 1820

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Clay's Compromise

Which of the following WAS NOT TRUE of the Federalists?

• Supported a strong, central government.

• Said a Bill of Rights wasn't truly needed because states already protected individual rights.

• Emphasized the power of the federal government over the states.

• Emphasized the power of the states over the federal govt.

What did the Anti-Federalists want added to the Constitution before agreeing to ratify it?

• a fourth branch of government

• a Bill of Rights

• Florida as a state

• an amendment outlawing slavery