Constitutional Convention Review

Which term? - An agreement in which each side agrees to give up something to get something more important.

• Compromise

• Export

• Unprecedented

• Convention

Which Term? - To sell goods to another country.

• Import

• Exit

• Export

• Compromise

Which Term? - A group of people who elect the President and the Vice President.

• Electoral College

• Electric College

• Eccentric College

• Eclectic College

Put the events in the correct order of which they occurred.

• The Constitutional Convention started in Philadelphia

• The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson

• The Magna Carta was signed by the English King.

• Shays's Rebellion occurred in Massachusetts.

• The Articles of Confederation were ratified.

The Constitutional Convention was held at _________ in the city of __________.

• Federal Hall, New York City

• Independence Hall, Washington D.C.

• Liberty Hall, Philadelphia

• Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Match the following terms with their descriptions.

• Equal representation in Congress

• New Jersey Plan

• Rep. in Congress based on population.

• Benjamin Franklin

• The oldest signer of the Constitution.

• 3/5 Compromise

• Determined how slaves would counted.

• Virginia Plan

• Combined the N.J. and Virginia Plans.

• Connecticut Compromise

_______ delegates were present but only ______ signed the constitution.

• 55,39

• 57,40

• 53,30

• 27,11

The average age of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention was ____ years old.

• 26

• 33

• 43

• 49

Who was the man who led the Constitutional Convention?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Mark Wegand

Why was the Constitutional Convention held in secrecy?

• Delegates were sent to Philadelphia to fix the Articles of Confederation.

• Delegates wanted to be able to travel freely from their home states.

• The delegates all had different opinions of how they should dress.

• The delegates wanted to expand the country to the north and conquer Canada.