Week 12 Articles 6-9

Who was George Mason's friend and neighbor?

• George Washington
• Ben Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Hamilton

What document was influenced by Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights?

• the Bill of Rights
• the Constitution
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Mayflower Compact

George Mason believed in states' rights. What did this idea make him?

• a Federalist
• an Anti-Federalist
• a Whig
• a Democratic Republican

Where did Elbridge Gerry grow up?

• Virginia
• England
• Massachusetts
• New York

What did Gerry feel the colonists were justified in doing?

• creating a new constitution
• dumping tea into the harbor
• claiming land from the American Indian nations
• resisting unfair rules placed upon them by the British government

What position did Gerry take on the Constitution?

• He supported a strong federal government
• He supported stronger state governments
• He felt that the federal and states' governments should be equally distributed
• He didn't take a stand

Why was James Madison called the "Father of the Constitution"?

• He was the oldest in the convention
• He was the chairman of the convention
• He had many children
• Many of the ideas in the Constitution were introduced by him.

How did James Madison support ratification of the Constitutio?

• He campaigned in every state
• He wrote some of the Federalist Papers
• He made speeches
• He wrote letters to the delegates

What were the Federalist Papers?

• a series of essays that supported the new government
• a series of newspapers in Philidelphia
• a series of letters sent from the federal government
• the letters sent to King George

Where was Thomas Jefferson during the Constitutional Convention?

• in the front seat of as chairman
• in the back seat as the secretary
• in France as ambassador
• in Mt. Vernon