U.S. Constitution Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions for 4th Grade

The Constitution is like a _______ for how the government should work. (Page 488)

What were some major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? (Page 489)

• The national government couldn't raise money by taxing the people

• The national government didn't have the power to set up rules of trade between the states

• The national government couldn't support its paper money, making it worthless

• The national government had an executive branch that was too powerful

• The national government had a king

What did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention originally intend to do?

• Write a completely new Constitution

• Fix the Articles of Confederation

• Declare war on Britain

• Choose a new President

Why did leaders want to meet and talk about making a new Constitution?

• The old rules of the Articles of Confederation weren't working well

• The new country didn't have any kind of government

• The King of England told them to do so

• George Washington told them they had to do it

Where did the leaders meet to write the Constitution?

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Washington

What did the big states and small states disagree about? (Page 492)

• Where to have the Constitutional Convention

• How many people each state could send to Congress

• How many presidents there should be

• How to connect all the states with highways

What is a compromise? (Page 492)

• When everyone gets exactly what they want

• When people give up something to reach an agreement

• When people argue loudly

• When people vote

How did the delegates solve the problem between big and small states regarding representatives? (Page 492)

• They asked George Washington to choose for them

• They created two parts of Congress - one fair for big states, one fair for small states

• The big states and small states fought a war, and the big states won

• They didn't solve the problem

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? (Page 493)

• A rule about how much money states could spend

• A way to count enslaved people for representation in Congress

• How many states needed to agree on laws

• The number of people needed to vote

Who is called the "Father of the Constitution" because of his leadership role in writing it? (Page 491)

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson