Unit 5 Test

The Constitution went into effect when this number of states ratified it:

• 12
• 5
• 9
• 20

This person is nicknamed the “Father of the Constitution”:

• George Mason
• James Madison
• John Adams
• Ben Franklin

Who was unanimously elected to serve as President of the Constitutional Convention:

• John Adams
• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton
• Benjamin Franklin

In exchange for this, both Samuel Adams and John Hancock pledged to support the Constitution:

• Lower taxes
• 1,000 acres of land
• the addition of the Bill of Rights
• the addition of the Legislative Branch

This was the first state to ratify the Constitution:

• Delaware
• Georgia
• Rhode Island
• Ohio

There have been this many total amendments to the Constitution:

• 13
• 27
• 10
• 50

The Bill of Rights has this many amendments:

• 13
• 50
• 27
• 10

The Constitutional Convention took place in this Pennsylvania city:

• Delaware
• Philadelphia
• Washington DC
• Boston

This person appears on the $10 bill:

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Roger Sherman
• Alexander Hamilton

The Great Compromise is also known as:

• the Virginia Plan
• the Sherman Compromise
• the Connecticut Compromise
• both the Sherman Compromise and the Connecticut Compromise