WorksheetsConstitutional Convention
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Thomas Jefferson is known as the "father of the Constitution".
True
False
Everyone who attended the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
True
False
The Constitution was easy to create and ratify.
True
False
All of the states attended the Constitutional Convention.
True
False
The Constitution is known as a "bundle of compromises".
True
False
Dividing the powers of government as the colonial charters did is called _________.
separation of powers
legislative government
limited government
government of petitions
This caused many Americans to agree to a strong national government.
the Philadelphia convention
the Northwest Ordinance
Shay's Rebellion
the Annapolis Convention
The only state that did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention was ____________________.
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
This document suggested the legislative branch have a bicameral legislature.
the Virginia Plan
Interstate Commerce Clause
the New Jersey Plan
the Three-Fifths Compromise
To create the needed new government, the founders compromised on this issue.
taxes
the military draft
the western territories
slavery
This was an argument of the Federalists.
for the Ohio Plan
for a strong national government
for a Bill of Rights
against a strong national government
This was an argument of the Antifederalists.
against a Bill of Rights
for the Ohio Plan
for a Bill of Rights
against a strong national government
Which of the following best summarizes Franklin's thoughts on the future of the new United States?
Franklin believed that the new country was doomed to fail.
Franklin believed from the outset that the new country would prosper.
Franklin never had any doubt in the ability of the delegates to create a new government and was saddened that Madison believed otherwise.
Franklin initially had some doubts about the ability of the delegates to create a government but eventually came to see a bright future for the new country
The first government used in the United States for ten years was called the ________________.
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
It gave England too much control over the U.S.
It did not allow the collection of taxes.
It gave too much power to the president.
It created a strong national government.
The original plan of the Constitutional Convention was to ____________.
revise the Articles of Confederation
rewrite the Declaration of Independence
create a brand new government
create treaties with the British
Ideas for how the Constitution should work came from which two English philosophers?
John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes and John locke
John Locke and Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock and Thomas Hobbes
Who took careful notes at the convention?
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Gouveneur Morris
Who is the "father of the Constitution"?
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
James Madison
John Hancock
Who didn't attend the Constitutional Convention because he "smelt a rat"?
Richard Henry Lee
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Who was known as the "Sage of Philadelphia"?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Edmund Randolph
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Edmund Randolph
Where was Thomas Jefferson during the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island
England
France
Home
Unicameral means __________________.
One house in Congress
Two houses in Congress
Three Houses in Congress
One wheeled
Interstate commerce means ___________________.
trade inside of one state
trade among the states
trade among other nations
trade along the highway
