WorksheetsGovernment Constitution Skill
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Which state had the most delegates at its convention?
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
Which state had the fewest delegates at its convention?
North Carolina
Delaware
Georgia
Rhode Island
Which state was the last to ratify the Constitution?
Rhode Island
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Which state voted to accept the Constitution by only three votes?
A. South Carolina
New Hampshire
Maryland
New York
Which state ratified the Constitution in April of 1788?
Maryland
Massachusetts
Virginia
South Carolina
Which state ratified the Constitution by only two votes?
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New York
Virginia
In which state was the voting NOT 100 percent in favor of ratification?
A. New Jersey
B. Pennsylvania
Delaware
Georgia
What time period does the chart represent?
Dec. 1787 to May 1790
Dec. 1787 to June 1790
Jan. 1787 to June 1790
Jan. 1786 to May 1790
How many years passed between Delaware's ratification of the Constitution and Rhode Island's?
2 years, 5 months
3 years, 2 months
3 years, 5 months
2 years, 11 months
Which state ratified the Constitution approximately two years after Delaware?
Georgia
North Carolina
Delaware
Virginia
What conclusion do you draw when you examine the time period between the states' ratification of the Constitution?
Delegations got larger as time passed.
Margins of approval were wider in the votes of the earlier states than in the later ones.
C. The chart shows only months between the dates on which the earlier states ratified the Constitution and longer periods of time between ratifications in the later states.
Margins of approval increased as time went on
Which state had both the largest number of delegates and closest vote for ratification by
percentage?
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Massachusetts
The Constitution went into effect after nine states had ratified it. Which state cast the deciding vote?
New York
Virginia
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Of the states in which the vote for ratification was NOT 100 percent, which state had the
highest percentage of its delegates voting for ratification?
Rhode Island
New York
Connecticut
North Carolina
Which state ratified the Constitution by the fewest votes?
New York
Virginia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Which state had both Antifederalist and Federalist supporters?
Georgia
Delaware
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Which state had no areas in which Antifederalists were in the majority?
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Georgia
How did the future states of Kentucky and Tennessee compare to the rest of the country?
The were more Federalist.
They were more Antifederalist.
They were split, as the country was.
They had no opinion because they were not yet states.
Where did Federalists tend to live?
along the Great Lakes
along the Atlantic coast
in New York
in the Northwest Territory
Which state had no evenly divided areas?
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
