Constitutional Convention Quizziz

What is the Constitutional Convention?

• A meeting to discuss the formation of political parties.
• A gathering of delegates to revise the Articles of Confederation and draft the United States Constitution.
• A convention to establish the Bill of Rights.
• A gathering to negotiate trade agreements between states.

Who were some famous figures at the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams

• Abraham Lincoln
• George W. Bush

What is a delegate?

• A delegate is a person who represents others.
• A delegate is a type of fruit.
• A delegate is a type of government official.
• A delegate is a type of computer program.

What is the Federal System?

• Under this new system, the Constitution reserves (saves) certain powers for the federal government and gives other powers to the states.

• The states have all the power

• The government has all the power

• The King of England is in charge of the government

What are some Federal Powers?

• Printing Money

• Issuing Drivers Licenses

• Decides how many School Days we have

• Declares War

What are some States Rights?

• Drivers Licenses

• Decides how many days we go to school each year

• Printing Money

• Declares War

What are some Shared Powers?

• Declaring War

• Taxing Citizens

• Distributing Drivers Licenses

• Borrowing money

Why didn't the northern delegates want the southern states to count enslaved people as part of their population?

• To reduce the political power of the southern states.
• To prevent the southern states from gaining more seats in Congress.
• To limit the influence of the southern states in the government.
• To give the southern states more representation in the government.

What is the purpose of a delegate?

• A delegate is a person who represents others.

• A delegate is a type of fruit.

• A delegate is a type of government official.

• A delegate is a type of computer program.

Why did the northern delegates oppose counting enslaved people as part of the southern states' population?

• To reduce the political power of the southern states.

• To prevent the southern states from gaining more seats in Congress.

• To limit the influence of the southern states in the government.

• To give the southern states more representation in the government.