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Constitutional Convention

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

a)

It replaced the Land Ordinance of 1785.

b)

It established how territories could become states.

c)

It created the Northwest Territory.

d)

It allowed slavery in the Northwest Territory.

2.

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates elected George Washington to be

a)

father of the Constitution.

b)

commander in chief of the army.

c)

president of the United States.

d)

president/leader of the convention.

3.

Which of these describes the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

They represented all 13 states.

b)

All supported a strong national government

c)

Most had extensive political experience.

d)

They gave interviews to reporters.

4.

A republic is a country governed

a)

by elected representatives.

b)

under a constitution.

c)

by a weak central government.

d)

by three branches of government.

5.

What did the Virginia Plan propose?

a)

two houses of Congress with representation based on state population

b)

one house of Congress with equal representation from each state

c)

an upper house of Congress with equal representation from each state

d)

a lower house of Congress with equal representation from each state

6.

What was a feature of both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

a)

a national government with two branches

b)

a national government with two houses of Congress

c)

a national government with three branches

d)

a national government with one branch

7.

Who supported the New Jersey Plan?

a)

James Madison

b)

delegates from large states

c)

delegates from small states

d)

Edmond Randolph

8.

By the time of the Constitutional Convention, most slaves lived in

a)

the North.

b)

the South.

c)

the Midwest.

d)

the West.

9.

The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining

a)

the amount of taxes slaveholders paid on property.

b)

representation in the House of Representatives.

c)

the number of enslaved population in each state.

d)

representation in each state's legislature.

10.

Why did southern delegates oppose giving Congress broad power to control trade?

a)

They feared that Congress would outlaw the slave trade.

b)

They feared that Congress would force their states to export crops.

c)

They no longer wanted to grow crops such as rice and tobacco.

d)

They wanted the executive branch to have power over trade.

11.

Which statement about drafting the Constitution is true?

a)

The delegates included a provision to end slavery.

b)

The delegates included a fugitive slave clause.

c)

The delegates agreed to end slavery in 1808.

d)

The delegates agreed that states would control trade.

12.

Which delegate objected to having one person serve as chief executive?

a)

James Wilson

b)

Gouverneur Morris

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Charles Pinckney

13.

The delegates decided that the president and vice president should be chosen by

a)

Congress.

b)

the people.

c)

the Electoral College

d)

political parties

14.

How does the Electoral College operate today?

a)

People choose their state's electors when they vote in presidential elections.

b)

State legislatures choose electors every four years.

c)

Electors from each state nominate candidates for president.

d)

The votes cast by electors are called presidential votes.

15.

A few years after the Constitutional Convention, political parties were

a)

nominating presidential candidates.

b)

electing the president.

c)

choosing electors.

d)

trying to abolish the Electoral College

16.

Which statement about approving the Constitution is true?

a)

The Constitution went into effect without any of the states approving it.

b)

State legislatures had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.

c)

Nine states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.

d)

All 13 states had to approve the Constitution before it went into effect.

17.

Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

a)

Compromisers.

b)

Federalists.

c)

Anti-Federalists.

d)

Constitutionalists.

18.

What was the main concern of the Anti-Federalists?

a)

replacement of the Articles of Confederation.

b)

quarrels among the states

c)

no list of people's rights in the Constitution

d)

limits on the power of the national government

19.
What were the men who represented their states called?
a)
Senators
b)
Congressmen
c)
Delegates
d)
Speakers
20.
What did the Federalists want?
a)
States to govern themselves
b)
To be governed by England
c)
A strong federal government
d)
A new leader for the House of Representatives
21.
What did Anti-Federalists believe?
a)
States to have power to govern themselves
b)
No state government, only Federal
c)
Less power for the states, more for the national government
d)
A strong central government for the US
22.
The three branches of government are ________________
a)
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
b)
Legislative, Judicial, and National
c)
Executive, Principle, and Judicial
d)
Judicial, National, and Legislative
23.
Which branch of government has two houses?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
d)
National
24.
Which part of the legislative branch has representation based on population?
a)
Senate
b)
Judicial
c)
House of 
Representatives
d)
House of Congress
25.
Which part of the legislative branch has the same number of representatives for each state?
a)
House of Representatives
b)
Judicial
c)
Executive
d)
Senate
26.
The _______________ was the solution to the disagreement about how many representatives each state would have. 
a)
Great Compromise
b)
Three-fifths Compromise
c)
Great Dispute
d)
Big Agreement
27.
Which Plan was favored by small states?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
28.
Which plan will a slave state support?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
29.
Who is the Father of the Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson 
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
James Madison
30.
The Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise help to solve what issue?
a)
Slavery
b)
Population
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Represenation
31.

What does the political cartoon represent?

a)

3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

b)

5/3 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation & taxation in Congress

c)

3/5 Compromise: every 3 slaves = 5 people for representation in the slave trade taxes

d)

10/8 Compromise: every 10 slaves = 8 people for representation in the Appalachian Mountains

32.
Determining representation in the House of Representatives & the Senate caused - 
a)
conflict between the north and the south
b)
conflict between the large states & the small states
c)
conflict between the middle colonies, the southern colonies & the New England colonies
d)
conflict between all the delegates
33.

What made people concerned about the weakness of the central (federal) government under the Articles of Confederation and caused the revision?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

The 3/5 Compromise

d)

Shay's Rebellion

34.
The smaller states wanted - 
a)
equal representation for all states in Congress
b)
representation in Congress based on a state's population
c)
the revision of the Articles of Confederation
d)
the nation's capitol in New Jersey
35.
Every state has 2 representatives in the - 
a)
The Legislative Branch
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate
36.
Every state has representatives based on population in the - 
a)
The Legislative Branch
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate
37.
A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed 
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Northwest Lands
c)
Northwest Territory
38.
The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
The purpose for meeting at the Constitutional Convention was to 
a)
discuss a Bill of Rights
b)
write a new constitution 
c)
revise the Articles of Confederation
d)
elect a president
41.
Which group at the Constitutional Convention were opposed to the Constitution because they felt it did not adequately protect individuals from government abuse?
a)
Federalists
b)
Anti-Federalists
c)
Democrats
d)
Loyalists
42.
The Articles of Confederation gave the states:
a)
No power
b)
Less power than the national government
c)
Same power as the national government
d)
More power than the national government
43.
How many votes did each state have in the legislature under the Articles of Confederation.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
No votes
44.
In the Northwest Ordinance, how many people must a territory have before it can seek statehood?
a)
30,000
b)
60,000
c)
75,000
d)
91,000
45.
An uprising of Massachusetts farmers against the state government over taxes, was called
a)
Shay's Rebellion
b)
Whiskey Rebellion
c)
Regulators Rebellion
d)
The Great Tax Rebellion
46.
Elected as George Washington's Vice President and then elected as the 2nd president
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
George Washington
c)
John Adams
d)
John Marshall
47.
He formed the Democratic-Republican party.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Marshall
d)
Alexander Hamilton
48.
4th President of the US
a)
George Washington
b)
John Marshall
c)
James Madison
d)
Alexander Hamilton
49.
Leader of the Federalist Party.
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Marshall
50.
Elected the 1st President of the US.
a)
John Adams
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
John Marshall
51.
Wrote the amendments that became the Bill of Rights.
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
John Adams
d)
John Marshall
52.

The number one rule at the convention was secrecy because.....

a)

they did not want people to panic

b)

they did not want the British to know

c)

they found a national treasure

d)

they did not want to share their ideas

53.

At the Constitutional Convention large and small states were arguing about......

a)

power in congress.

b)

how to pay off debt.

c)

what do do about Shays.

d)

the cause of the war.

54.

Some did not attend the Constitutional Convention because they feared a strong national government.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

The most difficult question facing the delegates at the Constitutional Convention was.....

a)

how strong the national government should be

b)

how to count the population of the United States

c)

how to divide the newly acquired western lands

d)

how to pay off the revolutionary war debt

56.
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were trying to answer the question...
a)
"Should slaves be counted for representation and taxation?
b)
"How should states be represented in Congress?"
57.
How many votes does any state get in the New Jersey Plan?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
3
d)
100
58.

What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

a)

One called for two branches of government and one for three

b)

the number of branches of the federal government

c)

the method for electing members of the two houses of Congress

d)

the number of representatives in Congress each state would have

59.
What was the goal of the 3/5th's Compromise?
a)
To get states to buy slaves
b)
To get rid of slavery
c)
To get the states to agree to the Constitution
d)
To get states to reject the Constitution
60.
What plan did the Northern states have for slavery?
a)
Slaves wouldn't count as people
b)
Slaves would count as 1 person
c)
Slaves would count as 3 people
d)
Slaves would count as 1/2 of a person
61.
What slavery plan did the South have?
a)
Slaves wouldn't count as a person
b)
Slaves would count as 5 people
c)
Slaves would count as 1 person
d)
Slavery would be legal forever
62.
What would happen if the Northern states got everything they wanted?
a)
It would start a Civil War over slavery
b)
Slaves in America would revolt
c)
The South would eventually accept the Constitution
d)
The South wouldn't accept the Constitution
63.
How did the 3/5ths help with the South?
a)
It convinced them to free their slaves
b)
It convinced them to accept the Constitution
c)
It convinced them to free half of their slaves
d)
They agreed to free their slaves in 10 years
64.
The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for
a)
statehood
b)
federal funding
c)
infrastructure grants
65.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.
a)
3
b)
2
c)
1
d)
4
66.
Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if ____________ out 13 states agreed. 
a)
13
b)
8
c)
9
d)
10
67.
The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.
a)
strong
b)
average
c)
weak
d)
federal
68.
The Northwest Ordinance said that slavery was illegal in the Northwest Territory
a)
True
b)
False
69.

What did Congress sell to pay off their debts?

a)

food

b)

money

c)

they couldn't pay back their debts

d)

land in the Northwest Territory

70.
In order to become a state, territories had to have which of the following?
a)
$1,000,000
b)
5000 people
c)
60,000 free men
d)
slaves
71.

What area contained present day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of Minnesota.

a)

Canada

b)

U.S.A.

c)

13 colonies

d)

Northwest Territory

72.
What was NOT allowed in the new NW Territory according to the Northwest Ordinance? 
a)
Slavery
b)
Freedoms
c)
Trading
d)
Farming 
73.
What was the first organizing document of the new United States government?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Articles of Confederation