WorksheetsForging a New Constitution
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.
a)
Depression
b)
Inflation
c)
Deflation
d)
Depreciation
2.
The freeing of individual enslaved people.
a)
Manumission
b)
Impressment
c)
Slavery
d)
Compromise
3.
To change or revise.
a)
Amend
b)
Manumission
c)
Clause
d)
Ordinance
4.
Having the proper size in relation to other objects or items.
a)
Proportional
b)
Remedial
c)
Abandoned
d)
Depression
5.
A statement of a dispute or disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement.
a)
Compromise
b)
Ratify
c)
Colonialism
d)
Bicameral
6.
Many Americans became convinced that the Articles of Confederation were to weak because of serious economic difficulties.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
I don't know
d)
Dr. Taylor, this is hard
7.
After the Revolutionary War America went through a depression, a period when economic activities slows and unemployment increases.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
In January, 1787, who led a force of 1,200 supporters on the arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts. Four farmers were killed.
a)
Daniel Shay
b)
John Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
Dr. James Taylor
9.
The Revolutionary War called attention to the clash between the American belief in liberty and the practice of slavery. Between 1776 and 1786, 11 states outlawed or taxed the importation of enslaved people. Which two states did not.
a)
South Carolina & Georgia
b)
South Carolina and North Carolina
c)
Virginia & Maryland
d)
Georgia & Delaware
10.
Which state became the first state to pass laws to end slavery. Between 1783 and 1804, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey called for end to slavery.
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
South Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Rhode Island
11.
The number of free African Americans increased in Virginia after that state passed a law that encouraged, the freeing of individual enslaved people.
a)
Manumission
b)
Enslavement
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Impressment
12.
What is the name of the meeting called to improve the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The Constitutional Convention
b)
The Virginia Plan
c)
The New Jersey Plan
d)
The New Deal
13.
What two men going to the Constitutional Convention guaranteed Public Trust?
a)
Ben Franklin and George Washington
b)
Alexander Hamilton & John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson & Roger Sherman
d)
Patrick Henry & James Taylor
14.
Native Americans, African Americans and women were represented at the convention. These groups were considered part of the political process.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't know
d)
Dr. Taylor, this is hard.
15.
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution” because he was the author of the basic plan of government the Convention adopted.
a)
James Madison
b)
Roger Sherman
c)
John Hancock
d)
Benjamin Franklin
16.
Which plan, proposed by Edmund Randolph, was designed for the larger states based upon their population?
a)
The Virginia plan
b)
The New Jersey Plan
c)
The Three-Fifths Compromise
d)
The Great Compromise
17.
Which plan, proposed by William Paterson, was designed for the smaller states--that all states would have the same number of votes?
a)
The Virginia Plan
b)
The New Jersey Plan
c)
The Three-Fifths Compromise
d)
The Great Compromise
18.
Both Plans, the Virginia & the New Jersey Plans, Were State systems with three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial and gave the federal government less power than it had under the Articles of Confederation
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Roger Sherman suggested a two houses legislature—the Senate two representatives per state and the house based on population. What is this called?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The Three-Fifths Compromise
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
The Compromise of 1812
20.
Who suggested every five enslaved persons would count as three persons in the states population total.
a)
Roger Sherman
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Hancock
21.
The Northern and Southern states decided to not do anything about slavery until __________. Their focus was establishing the nation first.
a)
1808
b)
1776
c)
1850
d)
1865
22.
Who proposed a Bill of Rights to be included in the Constitution. The Constitution carefully defined government powers and provided enough protection of individual rights.
a)
Roger Sherman
b)
George Mason
c)
James Madison
d)
John Quincy Adams
23.
On September 17, 1787, the delegates assembled to sign the Constitution. Eldridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason would not sign because there was no Bill of Rights. Only 9 out of 13 states had to approve the Constitution.
a)
True
b)
False
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