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The Constitution & The Men Who Made It

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an image of...

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

2.

This is an image of...

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

3.

Which of these men died after conducting a bit of self-surgery to remove a urinary tract blockage?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

4.

Which of these men had his leg amputated because he broke it when he jumped from his lover's balcony trying to escape the wrath of her returning husband.

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Which of these men shared a mistress with Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, the man who will eventually sell us the Louisiana Purchase, while he was serving as our Minister of France.

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Alexander Hamilton

6.

Which of these men became the smallest president America has had to date.

a)

James Madison

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Gouverneur Morrison

7.

This man was Princeton University's first graduate student.

a)

James Madison

b)

Gouverneur Morris

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

8.

Which of these founders had a long standing rivalry with Patrick Henry, an outspoken leader of the Antifederalists?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Alexander Hamilton

9.

Which of these founders was initially opposed to the Bill of Rights only to later draft it and introduce it to congress?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

10.

Whose wife would go on to define the role of the first lady, by hosting the first ever Inaugural Ball, acting as the directress of an orphanage, and taking on public outreach projects.

a)

James Madison

b)

John Adams

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Gouverneur Morris

11.

Whose family was split during the Revolutionary War and this man was forced to leave his home when his mother allowed the British to camp at their home.

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

John Jay

12.

Who wrote the most famous 7 words in American History?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

13.

Who, at the age of 57 married (for the first time) his long time house keeper. A woman who had been accused of killing her newborn child.

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Benjamin Franklin

14.

Which of these men actually advocated for Secession during the War of 1812?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

15.

Which of these founders had BOTH of their Vice Presidents die in office?

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Gouverneur Morris

16.

Who was the one of the ONLY president to accompany troops into battle while serving as President?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Washington

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Gouverneur Morris

17.

Whose slave wrote the first White House memoir?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Gouverneur Morris

18.

Who declined an offer to prolong his life until July 4th?

a)

James Madison

b)

Gouverneur Morris

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

19.

Theodore Roosevelt wrote a biography of this founding father.

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

20.

The Constitution is the oldest written Constitution in the world and is also the shortest.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The word "democracy" is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

More than 10,000 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed, but only 33 have gone to the states for ratification. Of these, 29 have been ratified.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The first and last pages of the original Constitution are kept in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. At night, the document is lowered into a vault capable of surviving a nuclear attack.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

81 year old Benjamin Franklin was the oldest man to sign the Constitution. The youngest was 26.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

All states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention except Rhode Island. Rhode Island was also the last state to ratify the document.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Three delegates refused to sigh the Constitution because they disliked the government it would create.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The Constitution has influenced the writers of almost every other written constitution in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Many scholars believe these two people where most responsible for the Constitution we are under today, one for the abundant notes he took and the other for actually writing the document

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

e)

Benjamin Franklin