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WorksheetsConstitutional Convention & Great Compromise
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
The number one rule at the convention was secrecy because.....
they did not want people to panic
they did not want the British to know
they found a national treasure
they did not want to share their ideas
This war hero and natural born leader came out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention.
John Adams
James Madison
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
What did many of the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention think they were going to do?
throw out the Articles of Confederation
revise the Articles of Confederation
At the Constitutional Convention large and small states were arguing about......
power in congress.
how to pay off debt.
what do do about Shays.
the cause of the war.
What issue plagued the northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention?
national debt
slavery
land claims
the rivers
The "Father of the Constitution" is James Madison because his influence was so great and....
he took 600 pages of notes at the convention
he addressed the convention over 200 times
he researched past and present governments
he was the oldest and wisest delegate
The majority of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were.....
white, wealthy, and educated
veterans of the great war
farmers, merchants, and sailors
poor, uneducated, and old
Some did not attend the Constitutional Convention because they feared a strong national government.
True
False
According to the delegates at the Constitutional Convention the power of the new government should come from.....
the people (wink...wink)
the national government
women and African Americans
slaves
The most difficult question facing the delegates at the Constitutional Convention was.....
how strong the national government should be
how to count the population of the United States
how to divide the newly acquired western lands
how to pay off the revolutionary war debt
In the Great Compromise delegates decided that the number of members in the House of Representatives would be based on.....
population
equality
In the Great Compromise delegates decided that the number of members in the Senate would be based on.....
population
equality
One similarity between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan was they called for three branches of government. What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Congress, Delegates, and Tyranny
Legislative, Unicameral, and Parliament
Executive, Bicameral, and Democracy
Which state did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
Maryland
Rhode Island
Georgia
Massachusetts
A legislature that is composed of two lawmaking parts is called....
Bicameral
Unicameral
Tricameral
Democracy
A legislature that is made up of one lawmaking part is called.....
Unicameral
Bicameral
Tricameral
Democracy
