Constitutional Convention Checkpoint

Who proposed the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• James Madison

• William Paterson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Roger Sherman

What was the main idea of the New Jersey Plan proposed by William Paterson?

• Outlawing the slave trade

• Creation of two houses in Congress

• Equal representation for all states in Congress

• More power to the federal government

The Great Compromise proposed by Roger Sherman that led to ….

• more power to the federal government

• equal representation for all states in Congress

• the creation of two houses in Congress

• outlawing the slave trade

What was the compromise reached regarding the slave trade at the Constitutional Convention?

• Allowed to continue with no restrictions

• Outlawed after 20 years

• Allowed to continue indefinitely

• Outlawed immediately

Madison proposed that the states be given power to manage all interaction with American Indians?

• True

• False

What was the mistake made by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention regarding individual rights?

• Failing to add a bill of rights to the Constitution

• Adding too many amendments to the Constitution

• Not signing the Constitution

• Including a bill of rights in the Constitution

In what year did George Washington become president?

• 1787

• 1789

• 1798

• 2025

Who did George Washington choose as the first secretary of the treasury and established the money system of the United States?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Mason

Match the following

• George Mason

• In 1789, he became George Washington’s secretary of the treasury.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Refused to sign the Constitution without the Bill of Rights.

• James Madison

• He was elected president of the United States in 1800.

• Alexander Hamilton

• Is known as the “Father of the Constitution.