U.S. History Quiz 4.2

What opened on May 25, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

• Declaration Congress

• Continental Congress

• Wal-Mart

• Constitutional Convention

Who was the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Which state did not attend the meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• New York

• New Jersey

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts

Who represented Virginia in the meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Woodrow Wilson

• Benjamin Gates

Who once worked as Washington's private secretary?

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

________________ was one of the delegates who favored a strong central government.

• Nate Greene

• Samuel Smith

• Gouverneur Morris

• Adam Wayne

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

Most of the delegates felt the Articles of Confederation were too __________.

• complicated

• weak

• confusing

• strong

Edmund Randolph and James Madison proposed the _____________.

• New York Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Alabama Plan

Delegate William Paterson proposed the ____________, which featured a legislature with one house.

• New York Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Alabama Plan