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Creating the Constitution

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

To establish a monarchy in the United States

b)

To create a written plan of government for the United States

c)

To declare independence from Britain

d)

To form a military alliance with France

2.

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

a)

Supporters of the U.S. Constitution

b)

Opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution

c)

Authors of the Federalist Papers

d)

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention

3.

What is the Constitution?

a)

A series of essays supporting the ratification of the Constitution

b)

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

c)

A law governing western lands

d)

An agreement counting enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person

4.

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?

a)

To write the U.S. Constitution

b)

To elect the first president

c)

To declare war on Britain

d)

To draft the Articles of Confederation

5.

What is the Electoral College?

a)

A group of delegates who wrote the Constitution

b)

A system for electing members of Congress

c)

The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president

d)

A series of essays supporting the Constitution

6.

What was the Enlightenment?

a)

A period of religious revival in Europe

b)

The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe

c)

A movement to abolish slavery

d)

A series of wars in Europe

7.

Who were the Federalists?

a)

Opponents of the U.S. Constitution

b)

Supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution

c)

Authors of the Articles of Confederation

d)

Leaders of the Enlightenment

8.

What did the Great Compromise establish?

a)

A monarchy in the United States

b)

A two-house Congress

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The Electoral College

9.

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

a)

A plan for the U.S. Constitution

b)

A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

c)

A treaty with Native American tribes

d)

A military alliance with France

10.

What is the Northwest Territory?

a)

A region in the southern United States

b)

A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes

c)

A territory in Canada

d)

A region in the eastern United States

11.

What does it mean to ratify a plan or agreement?

a)

To reject it

b)

To formally approve it

c)

To revise it

d)

To ignore it

12.

What are The Federalist Papers?

a)

A series of essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution

b)

A collection of laws governing the Northwest Territory

c)

A set of guidelines for the Electoral College

d)

A list of grievances against the British monarchy

13.

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

a)

An agreement to divide the Northwest Territory

b)

An agreement stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation

c)

A plan to elect the president

d)

A treaty with Native American tribes

14.

Which document was the first written plan of government for the United States?

a)

The U.S. Constitution

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

The Northwest Ordinance

15.

constitution (not The Constitution)

a)

a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

b)

The document which lays out the framework for the government of the United States

c)

a person's physical state with respect to health, vitality, and strength

d)

an ability score in Dungeons and Dragons that determines a character's max health

16.

What was the main goal of the Bill of Rights?

a)

To establish a monarchy in the United States

b)

To protect individual liberties against government infringement

c)

To create a new system of government

d)

To outline the process for amending the Constitution

17.

House of Representatives

a)

"lower" house of U.S. Congress where representation is based on a state's population

b)

"higher" house of U.S. Congress where each state gets the same number of representatives

c)

The lawmaking body in the United States Government

d)

The place where representatives from each state live together

18.

Senate

a)

"higher" house of Congress where each state gets equal represenation

b)

"lower" house of Congress where each state gets representation based on population

c)

The lawmaking body of the United States government

d)

The name for the group of representatives in Ancient Rome