Constitutional Convention Quiz

Who suggested an aristocratic plan for the Constitution?

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the unanimous choice for president of the Convention?

• Edmund Randolph

• Gouverneur Morris

• George Washington

• James Madison

Who was the author of the Great Compromise?

• William Paterson

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

Who argued against the continuation of the slave trade?

• Gouverneur Morris

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

Who introduced the New Jersey Plan?

• William Paterson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Edmund Randolph

Who proposed the Three-fifths Compromise?

• Gouverneur Morris

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

• George Mason

Who refined the wording of the Constitution?

• Gouverneur Morris

• Robert Morris

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the financier of the War for American Independence?

• Hugh Williamson

• Robert Morris

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Who likely had deist sympathies, although not an open deist?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Hugh Williamson

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Wilson

The Great Compromise decided the issue of representation in which body?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• Congress

• The Supreme Court