Unit 2 standard 12 review

Delegates, also known as ____________ wrote the Constitution to describe how the new American government would work.

• Presidents

• Framers

• Towns people

• Leaders

The Constitution was signed at the end of the __________?

• Boston Tea Party

• War

• Constitutional Convention

• Year

• James Madison was a lawyer from Virginia. He wanted America to have a _______________.

• Laws

• Weak Central Government

• State government

• Strong Central Government

• _____________ became known as the Father of the Constitution.

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Unanimously elected President of the Constitutional Convention was __________________.

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

George Washington's role was to ___________________ during the Constitutional Convention.

• write the Constitution

• keep watch for group

• restore order when the group became out of control

• ratify the constitution

The "Framers" shared ideas, debated, discussed, argued, listened and kept at it until they had a new _______________ based on old and new ideas, experiences and compromises.

• government

• state

• president

• map

James Madison wanted to make sure all Americans kept their ________ and ________?

• rights

• freedom

• money

• jobs

Which delegate urged others to listen to points of view other than their own?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Today, the U.S. Government is organized into three levels:

• local

• state

• federal

• individual