WorksheetsThe Constitution & The Men Who Made It
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
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Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Which of these men died after conducting a bit of self-surgery to remove a urinary tract blockage?
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
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.
Gouverneur Morris
John Adams
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
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.
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Which of these men became the smallest president America has had to date.
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morrison
This man was Princeton University's first graduate student.
James Madison
Gouverneur Morris
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Which of these founders had a long standing rivalry with Patrick Henry, an outspoken leader of the Antifederalists?
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Which of these founders was initially opposed to the Bill of Rights only to later draft it and introduce it to congress?
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
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.
James Madison
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Gouverneur Morris
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.
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
John Adams
John Jay
Who wrote the most famous 7 words in American History?
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
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.
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Which of these men actually advocated for Secession during the War of 1812?
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Which of these founders had BOTH of their Vice Presidents die in office?
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morris
Who was the one of the ONLY president to accompany troops into battle while serving as President?
James Madison
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Gouverneur Morris
Whose slave wrote the first White House memoir?
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morris
Who declined an offer to prolong his life until July 4th?
James Madison
Gouverneur Morris
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Theodore Roosevelt wrote a biography of this founding father.
Gouverneur Morris
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution is the oldest written Constitution in the world and is also the shortest.
True
False
The word "democracy" is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.
True
False
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.
True
False
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.
True
False
81 year old Benjamin Franklin was the oldest man to sign the Constitution. The youngest was 26.
True
False
All states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention except Rhode Island. Rhode Island was also the last state to ratify the document.
True
False
Three delegates refused to sigh the Constitution because they disliked the government it would create.
True
False
The Constitution has influenced the writers of almost every other written constitution in the world.
True
False
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
Gouverneur Morris
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
