Constitutional Convention Quiz

Who was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Jonathan Dayton

What position did George Washington hold during the American Revolution?

• President of the United States

• Governor of Virginia

• Commander of the American forces

• Secretary of the Treasury

What is the key idea behind democracy as mentioned in the text?

• That people should pay taxes to the government

• That people should have control over their government

• That people should follow the rules set by the government without question

• That people should be appointed to the government by a monarch

What type of government did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention create instead of a true democracy?

• A monarchy

• A totalitarian state

• A republic

• An oligarchy

What is another term sometimes used for a representative democracy?

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

What was the main issue at the convention that the text refers to?

• How the laws should be passed

• How the people should be represented

• How the Senate should function

• How to elect the President

Whose plan called for states with more people to get more representatives in Congress?

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Senate Plan

What was the Connecticut Compromise?

• A plan to have only one representative per state in Congress

• A decision to elect the President by a direct vote of the people

• An agreement to create a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate

• A plan to give each state exactly one vote in the Senate

According to the Connecticut Compromise, how many representatives would each state have in the Senate?

• Proportional to the state's population

• One representative per state

• Exactly two representatives per state

• The number would be decided by the House

What was the major issue addressed at the convention regarding government power?

• How to elect the president

• How to keep any one part of government from gaining too much power

• How to collect taxes efficiently

• How to declare war