Creating a Constitution

Which was the key issue in the process of ratifying the Constitution?

• statehood for new territories

• the Bill of Rights

• the number of legislative representatives for each state

• fear of a dictatorship

The US Constitution replaced ________________ as the national government

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• George Washington

Who served as the leader during the Constitutional Convention?

• Adams

• Hancock

• Jefferson

• Washington

Which state failed to show up to the Constitutional Convention?

• Georgia

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

• New York

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

What was the "Great Compromise"?

• Agreement on who should be the 1st president

• agreement on which state was more powerful

• agreement on which government we should have

• agreement about representation for each state in Congress

The Constitution established a system of 3 equal branches of government.

• True

• False

The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.

• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.

• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.

• improve the Articles of Confederation.

The issue of counting enslaved people for representation was solved with the

• Great Compromise

• One-Third Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Compromise

The idea that Representation should be based on a states' population was the 

• New Jersey plan

• Virginia plan

• Connecticut plan

• Commerce Compromise