The Constitution Quiz

What was the name of America’s first government?

• the Articles of Confederation

• Fundamental Orders of the United States

• The Continental Legislature

• The Constitution

• House of Burgesses

All of these were features of America’s first government EXCEPT

• no way to admit new states

• 9 of 13 states had to agree to pass a new law

• all 13 states had to agree to pass a new amendment

• no president

• no supreme court

All of these men were present at the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

The most significant division in the Constitutional Convention was between

• slave and free states

• eastern and western interests

• large and small states

• agricultural and manufacturing interests

• the Federalists and Republicans

The Great Compromise was an agreement about how to

• ratify the Constitution

• count slaves in determining a state’s population

• determine a state’s representation in Congress

• divide powers between the states and the central government.

• best deal with the growing Indian threat on the frontier

____________________________ got the nickname “father of the Constitution” at the constitutional convention?

The New Constitution has been amended ___________ times.

__________ of the states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to become law.

A member of the House of Representatives is elected to a term of __________ years.

The President is elected to a term of _______ years.