Unit 4 Test: Constitutional Convention

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place, and where was the Constitution signed?

• a. The Capitol building, Washington D.C.

• b. Federal Hall, New York City

• c. Independence Hall, Philadelphia

• d. Faneuil Hall, Boston

The Constitution of the United States begins with which famous words?

• a. When in the course of human events

• b. Four score and seven years ago

• c. We the People of the United States

• d. I have a Dream

Which of these was not one of the crucial compromises reached during the Constitutional Convention?

• a. The balance between large and small states

• b. Whether to declare independence from England

• c. How to elect the president

• d. The future of slavery

Which state declined to send representatives to the Convention?

• a. Massachusetts

• b. Rhode Island

• c. Delaware

• d. Georgia

What was true about the backgrounds of the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention?

• a. Most had participated in the Revolutionary War

• b. About half of them were slaveholders

• c. More than half of them were lawyers

• d. All of the above

In the debates over representation in Congress, the large states favored the proportional representation of the while the smaller states favored equal representation proposed by the

• a. Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan

• b. New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan

• c. British government, French government

• d. Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence

Under the terms of the Connecticut Compromise,

• a. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on equal state representation

• b. Every state would receive the same number of members in the House of Representatives

• c. The House of Representatives would be based on proportional representation while the Senate would have equal state representation

• d. Connecticut would have the most representatives

After much debate about how to elect the president of the United States, what system did the delegates agree on?

• a. Direct popular vote

• b. The president would be chosen by members of Congress

• c. People could only vote for a candidate from their state

• d. The Electoral College

During the debates about the presidency, some delegates, like Alexander Hamilton, wanted a while others, like Roger Sherman, wanted a

• a. weak executive, strong executive

• b. weak executive, king

• c. strong executive, king

• d. strong executive, weak executive

When it came to drawing up congressional districts based on each state’s population, it was decided that the enslaved population ______________.

• Would be counted in whole

• Would not be counted at all

• Would only count 3/5 the population

• None