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WorksheetsCreating the Constitution Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 12mins
Changes, corrections, or additions to the Constitution are called
Amendments
Compromises
Delegates
Federalists
Which plan at the Constitutional Convention called for representation to be based on a state's population?
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Which state did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Georgia
How many delegates signed the Constitution?
(a)
Which of these people was not an author of the Federalist Papers?
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
How many constitutions has the United States had in its history?
1
2
3
4
How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to take effect?
(a)
Check all of the people who attended the Constitutional Convention:
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Roger Sherman
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
The Constitution was signed on what month and day (write it in this format: January 23)?
(a)
Who was chosen to be the president of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Roger Sherman
The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved which dispute?
How to count slaves for population
How many representatives each state would have in Congress
Whethere there would be a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
How many delegates each state would have at the Constitutional Convention
The Great Compromise called for a ____________ legislature.
Unicameral
Bicameral
All of the following were weaknesses / problems under the Articles of Confederation except:
There was no power to tax
There was no president
There was no Congress
There was no power to draft soldiers
How many delegates to the Constitutional Convention refused to sign the Constitution?
(a)
Which groups of people were not represented at the Constitutional Convention (check all that apply)?
Women
African Americans
Old People
White people
Native Americans
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
(a)
A set of laws that determines how the government works and what powers it has
Ratify
Constitution
Delegate
Amendment
Which state was the first to ratify the Constitution?
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Massachusetts
He was so important to the creation of the Constitution, he earned a nickname: "the father of the Constitution."
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
He refused to attend the Constitutional Convention, saying "he smelled a rat."
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Roger Sherman
How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention in total?
(a)
In what year was the Constitutional Convention held?
(a)
How many months did it take to create the Constitution?
2
4
6
8
Who authored the Great Compromise?
Roger Sherman
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
A lack of a Bill of Rights and fears about the government's powers were concerns of which group?
Large states
Small states
Federalists
Antifederalists
How many Federalist Papers were there?
(a)
Where did Shays' Rebellion take place?
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
How many presidents signed the Constitution?
(a)
The Virginia Plan called for
A unicameral Congress
Slaves to count as a fraction of a person for population
Representation in Congress to be equal
Representation in Congress to be based on population
The Constitutional Convention was held in
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Mr. Bellerillo's house
He wrote the most Federalist Papers?
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
True
False
Benjamin Franklin was a delegate from which state? (Be careful - mispellings will count against you)
(a)
The Articles of Confederation were replaced by
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution
The Great Compromise
The New Jersey Plan
Ratify means to
Compromise
Represent
Approve
Suggest
A person chosen to represent others?
Delegate
Federalist
Amendment
Compromise
Which of these would be an argument an antifederalist might make?
The president could become a king
The Articles of Confederation were too weak
We need a stronger national government
What word comes next: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish...
(a)
Which state was the 9th to ratify the Constitution?
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Alexander Hamilton represented what state at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Who was John Jay?
A delegate to the Constitutional Convention
A famous antifederalist
A writer of the Federalist Papers
A farmer who led a rebellion
Which of these buildings is Independence Hall?
What final compromise did antifederalists demand in order to ratify the Constitution?
The Great Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise
The New Jersey Plan
The Bill of Rights
Pennsylvania was the ___ state to ratify the Constitution.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
What event showed the weaknesses of the Article of Confederation?
Boston Tea Party
The Whiskey Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion
The Constitutional Convention
The Articles of Confederation was
The first constitution of the United States
The second constitution of the United States
A compromise between northern and southern states
A series of essays written in newspapers
A unicameral legislature has how many houses?
1
2
3
4
A settlement of differences where each side gives something up?
Amendment
Federalist
Ratify
Compromise
Which state at the Constitutional Convention wanted representation in Congress to be equal?
Virginia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
The Articles of Confederation established a _________ government.
Weak
Strong
