Ratifying the Constitution

What was the first constitution of the United States?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The United States Constitution

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CCSS.RI.3.3

In what year was the Articles of Confederation ratified?

• 1776

• 1781

• 1787

• 1791

Which state failed to send representatives to the convention in Philadelphia in 1787?

• New York

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

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CCSS.RI.3.3

What were the three branches of government established by the new constitution?

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Federal, State, Local

• Democratic, Republican, Independent

• Civil, Criminal, Administrative

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CCSS.SL.3.4

Before the year ended, how many states had agreed to ratify the Constitution?

• 9

• 7

• 10

• 5

When did Rhode Island finally ratify the Constitution?

• May 29, 1790

• July 4, 1776

• September 17, 1787

• April 30, 1789

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.3

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• a convention of fifty-five delegates in Philadelphia

• the first constitution of the United States

• a collection of essays supporting the Constitution

• a group that opposed the Constitution

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does the author compare the states to?

• Great Britain

• a weak federal Congress

• different limbs of a body

• George Washington

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Amendments were key to getting the Constitution ratified. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• Three more states ratified the Constitution when promised that amendments protecting certain rights would be proposed.

• Nineteen amendments to the Constitution were proposed in the summer of 1789.

• Rhode Island finally ratified the Constitution on May 29, 1790.

• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay collaborated on eighty-five essays supporting the Constitution.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

As used in the text, what does the word "compromise" mean?

• shortcut

• gathering

• agreement

• puzzle

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4