Creating the Constitution

What was the main purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

• To establish a monarchy in the United States

• To create a written plan of government for the United States

• To declare independence from Britain

• To form a military alliance with France

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

• Supporters of the U.S. Constitution

• Opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution

• Authors of the Federalist Papers

• Delegates at the Constitutional Convention

What is the Constitution?

• A series of essays supporting the ratification of the Constitution

• A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• A law governing western lands

• An agreement counting enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?

• To write the U.S. Constitution

• To elect the first president

• To declare war on Britain

• To draft the Articles of Confederation

What is the Electoral College?

• A group of delegates who wrote the Constitution

• A system for electing members of Congress

• The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president

• A series of essays supporting the Constitution

What was the Enlightenment?

• A period of religious revival in Europe

• The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe

• A movement to abolish slavery

• A series of wars in Europe

Who were the Federalists?

• Opponents of the U.S. Constitution

• Supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution

• Authors of the Articles of Confederation

• Leaders of the Enlightenment

What did the Great Compromise establish?

• A monarchy in the United States

• A two-house Congress

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Electoral College

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

• A plan for the U.S. Constitution

• A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

• A treaty with Native American tribes

• A military alliance with France

What is the Northwest Territory?

• A region in the southern United States

• A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes

• A territory in Canada

• A region in the eastern United States