BB Unit 5 Ch 2 - Constitutional Convention

1. Which of these statements would both James Madison and Alexander Hamilton have agreed with?

• 1. The Articles of Confederation gave the national government too much power.

• 1.  Individual state constitutions were sufficient to run the country.

• 1.  The Articles of Confederation needed to be amended slightly.

• 1. The United States needed a strong central government.

1. Use the quotation to answer the question.

2. 
   “To be fearful of giving Congress . . . [enough] authority for national purposes appears to me . . .

   madness. What then is there to be done? Things cannot go on [this way] forever.” —George Washington

3. Which conclusion about George Washington is supported by the quotation?

• 1. Washington believed the Articles of Confederation were too weak.

• 1.  Washington strongly opposed any changes to the Articles of Confederation.

• 1.  Washington had given up on the idea of a free and independent United States.

• 1. Washington thought state governments should have more power than the national government.

1. In which city was the Constitutional Convention of 1787 held?

• 1. Boston

• 1. New York

• 1. Philadelphia

• 1. Washington, D.C.

What are the correct headings for the two columns in chart table?

• A: New Jersey Plan; B: Virginia Plan
  

• 
  A: Virginia Plan; B: New Jersey Plan
  

• 
  A: Great Compromise; B: Three-Fifths Compromise

• A: Three-Fifths Compromise; B: Great Compromise

Which conclusion is supported by the map?

• 1. Delaware favored the Virginia Plan.

• 1. Pennsylvania favored the Virginia Plan.

• 1.  North Carolina favored the New Jersey Plan.

• 1.  Massachusetts favored the New Jersey Plan.

The legislature shown in the illustration was made possible by the __________-.

• 1. New Jersey Plan

• 1. Great Compromise

• 1.  Northwest Ordinance

• 1.  Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following were components of the Great Compromise? Select the two correct

answers.

• 1. Each state has one senator in Congress.

• 1.  The executive branch consists of one president.

• 1. All members of Congress serve two-year terms.

• 1. Representation in the Senate is equal for all states.

• 1. Representation in the House of Representatives is based on population.

8. The Articles of Confederation did not allow the national government to ____________, BUT Constitution does allow it.

• 1. declare war

• 1. mint money

• 1.  regulate trade

• 1.  negotiate treaties

8. The Three-Fifths Compromise was directly related to ___________ .

• the issue of slavery and representation

• the amendment process

• congressional term limits
  

• 
  the power of the executive branch

10. Use the excerpt from Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson to answer the question.

11. This Sir, was a time in which you clearly saw into the injustice of a State of Slavery, and in which you had just apprehensions of the horrors of its condition, it was now Sir, that your abhorrence thereof was so excited, that you publickly held forth this true and invaluable doctrine, which is worthy to be recorded and remember’d in all Succeeding ages. “We hold these truths to be Self evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness.”

12. What document does Banneker quote in this excerpt?

• 1. the Constitution

• 1.  the Articles of Confederation

• 1.  the Declaration of Independence

• 1. the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom