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WorksheetsConstitutional Convention
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 41mins
What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
It replaced the Land Ordinance of 1785.
It established how territories could become states.
It created the Northwest Territory.
It allowed slavery in the Northwest Territory.
At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be
father of the Constitution.
commander in chief of the army.
president of the United States.
president/leader of the convention.
Which of these describes the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
They represented all 13 states.
All supported a strong national government
Most had extensive political experience.
They gave interviews to reporters.
A republic is a country governed
by elected representatives.
under a constitution.
by a weak central government.
by three branches of government.
What did the Virginia Plan propose?
two houses of Congress with representation based on state population
one house of Congress with equal representation from each state
an upper house of Congress with equal representation from each state
a lower house of Congress with equal representation from each state
What was a feature of both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
a national government with two branches
a national government with two houses of Congress
a national government with three branches
a national government with one branch
Who supported the New Jersey Plan?
James Madison
delegates from large states
delegates from small states
Edmond Randolph
By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most slaves lived in
the North.
the South.
the Midwest.
the West.
The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining
the amount of taxes slaveholders paid on property.
representation in the House of Representatives.
the number of enslaved population in each state.
representation in each state's legislature.
Why did southern delegates oppose giving Congress broad power to control trade?
They feared that Congress would outlaw the slave trade.
They feared that Congress would force their states to export crops.
They no longer wanted to grow crops such as rice and tobacco.
They wanted the executive branch to have power over trade.
Which statement about drafting the Constitution is true?
The delegates included a provision to end slavery.
The delegates included a fugitive slave clause.
The delegates agreed to end slavery in 1808.
The delegates agreed that states would control trade.
Which delegate objected to having one person serve as chief executive?
James Wilson
Gouverneur Morris
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Pinckney
The delegates decided that the president and vice president should be chosen by
Congress.
the people.
the Electoral College
political parties
How does the Electoral College operate today?
People choose their state's electors when they vote in presidential elections.
State legislatures choose electors every four years.
Electors from each state nominate candidates for president.
The votes cast by electors are called presidential votes.
A few years after the Constitutional Convention, political parties were
nominating presidential candidates.
electing the president.
choosing electors.
trying to abolish the Electoral College
Which statement about approving the Constitution is true?
The Constitution went into effect without any of the states approving it.
State legislatures had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
Nine states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
All 13 states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves
Compromisers.
Federalists.
Anti-Federalists.
Constitutionalists.
What was the main concern of the Anti-Federalists?
replacement of the Articles of Confederation.
quarrels among the states
no list of people's rights in the Constitution
limits on the power of the national government
Representatives
What does the political cartoon represent?
3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress
5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress
3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes
10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains
What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?
The Great Compromise
Constitutional Convention
The 3/5 Compromise
Shay's Rebellion
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
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.
Some did not attend the Constitutional Convention because they feared a strong national government.
True
False
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
What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
One called for two branches of government and one for three
the number of branches of the federal government
the method for electing members of the two houses of Congress
the number of representatives in Congress each state would have
What did Congress sell to pay off their debts?
food
money
they couldn't pay back their debts
land in the Northwest Territory
What area contained present day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of Minnesota.
Canada
U.S.A.
13 colonies
Northwest Territory
