2.4 - Creating and Ratifying the Constitution

What was the name of the delegates who met at the Philadelphia Convention (aka the Constitutional Convention)?

• Delegates

• Framers

• Fathers

• Traitors

This plan of government called for a bicameral Congress based on population, three branches of government, and the power of the veto present.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Albany Plan

• Articles of Confederation

This plan of government called for a unicameral Congress based on equal representation and would closely limit the powers to tax and regulate trade between states.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Albany Plan

• Articles of Confederation

Also known as "The Great Compromise," this compromise solved the issues between the small and large states and established two houses of Congress (Senate = equal rep., House of Reps = pop.) among other features.

• The New Hampshire Compromise

• The Georgia Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The New York Compromise

Another major compromise of the convention had to do with whether slaves should be counted towards the population of each state. The issue was resolved with this compromise.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Commerce Compromise

• The Slave Trade Compromise

• The Electoral College

Under the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise, Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any State and forbidden to act on the slave trade for _______ amount of years.

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 50 years

• Indefinite amount of years

What was the name of the group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution and feared the lack of a bill of rights and that the national government was given too much power?

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Anti-Federalists

How many states were needed to ratify the new Constitution?

• Seven

• Nine

• Eleven

• Thirteen

What was the name of the essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John jay, and James Madison in support of the new Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• The Federalist Papers

• The Federal Farmer

This was the last state, along with Virginia, that the new government needed to succeed. Even though they already had enough votes for ratification, the government needed Virginia and this state to really succeed.

• Delaware

• Massachustest

• New York

• Pennsylvania