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WorksheetsChapter 3 Section 2 Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Magna Carta
d)
The English Bill of Rights
2.
The Constitutional Convention was convened to...
a)
write the Treaty of Paris.
b)
get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
c)
decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
d)
improve the Articles of Confederation.
3.
The image represents what resolution that happened at the Convention-
a)
Three Fifths Compromise
b)
One Quarter Compromise
c)
Slave Compromise
d)
Great Compromise
4.
Representation should be based on a states population was part of the
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Conneticut plan
d)
Commerce Compromise
5.
Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Conneticut plan
d)
Commerce Compromise
6.
Slaves would partially count towards population is part of the
a)
Commerce compromise
b)
Great Compromise
c)
Three-fifths Compromise
d)
Electoral College
7.
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution?
a)
James Madison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
8.
The disagreement between northern and southern states concerning how to determine a state’s population was settled how?
a)
Three-Fifths Compromise
b)
Constitutional Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Great Compromise
9.
How many houses would be in Congress under the New Jersey Plan?
a)
Two
b)
Five
c)
One
d)
Three
10.
Which two things did the Great Compromise create?
a)
Two Houses in Congress, split representation between them
b)
One house system, equal representation
c)
Two House system all proportional represenation
d)
Two House system, all equal representation
11.
What proportion of slaves were counted for determining population?
a)
1/4
b)
2/5
c)
3/5
d)
4/5
12.
The North wanted slaves to count for what purpose?
a)
Population
b)
Taxation
c)
No purpose at all
d)
both population and taxation
13.
What was the Main argument at the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Slavery
b)
Population
c)
Representation
d)
How to create states
14.
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
a)
To add to the Articles of Confederation
b)
To establish a stronger federal (central, national) Government
c)
To create a militia
d)
To write the Declaration of Independence
15.
Which plan wanted Population to determine representation?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
All of the above
16.
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Virginia; presented a plan where states’ representation would be determined by population
a)
James Madison
b)
Edmund Randolph
c)
George Mason
17.
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Connecticut; head of the committee that created the Great Compromise
a)
William Patterson
b)
Roger Sherman
c)
James Madison
18.
Who was elected president and to lead the discussions at the convention?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
19.
Which state chose not to attend and why?
a)
Virgina because they wanted to be an individual country
b)
Rhode Island because they were satisfied with the Articles of Confederation.
c)
Delaware because they were the first to ratify the constitution.
d)
South Carolina because they wanted to keep slaverly.
20.
In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation?
a)
Senate
b)
House of Representatives
c)
General Assembly
d)
House of Commons
21.
Several delegates wanted this many executives
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Eight
22.
This future president was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention because he was away in Europe.
a)
George Washington
b)
William Patterson
c)
James Madison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
23.
How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention
a)
39
b)
55
c)
70
d)
81
24.
What was banned after 1807?
a)
Slavery
b)
Selling Slaves among states
c)
Slave Trade
25.
According to the 3/5 Compromise what would the slaves count for?
a)
Representation & Taxation
b)
Representation ONLY
c)
Taxation ONLY
d)
Property ONLY
26.
Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?
a)
An end to slavery.
b)
An elected president.
c)
Two houses of Congress
d)
Three branches of government.
27.
Which plan did the larger states prefer?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
Rhode Island Plan
d)
New York Plan
28.
Small states liked which plan?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
New York Plan
c)
Virginia Plan
d)
Delaware Plan
29.
What is another name for our national legislature?
a)
Parliament
b)
Bundestag
c)
States General
d)
Congress
30.
States with more people get more votes (MORE PEOPLE = MORE VOTES)
a)
Virginia Plan
b)
New Jersey Plan
c)
3/5 Compromise
31.
According to the Virginia Plan, who would choose the Chief Executive(s)
a)
The Courts
b)
President
c)
Legislature
d)
The People
32.
According to the New Jersey Plan, the ______________ could remove the Executive(s).
a)
The Courts
b)
President
c)
State Governors
d)
Legislature
33.
Which of the following American leaders would have liked to have been at the Convention but the governor refused to allow him to go?
a)
John Jay
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Richard Henry Lee
d)
Thomas Jefferson
34.
In what city did the Constitutional Convention take place in?
a)
New York City, New York
b)
Annapolis, Maryland
c)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d)
Boston, Massachusetts
35.
Which delegate was responsible for the famous words in the Preamble of the Constitution?
a)
James Madison
b)
Governeur Morris
c)
George Washington
d)
William Shakespeare
36.
Which delegate proposed a plan that would allow the executive and legislators a life term once they were elected in?
a)
Robert Morris
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
George Washington
d)
Alexander Hamilton
37.
Under which plan did the slave states benefit from have the slaves count as part of their population?
a)
Virginia Plan
b)
New Jersey Plan
c)
British Plan
d)
Plan B
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