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WorksheetsCreating the Constitution
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was the main purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
To establish a monarchy in the United States
To create a written plan of government for the United States
To declare independence from Britain
To form a military alliance with France
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Supporters of the U.S. Constitution
Opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution
Authors of the Federalist Papers
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention
What is the Constitution?
A series of essays supporting the ratification of the Constitution
A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
A law governing western lands
An agreement counting enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?
To write the U.S. Constitution
To elect the first president
To declare war on Britain
To draft the Articles of Confederation
What is the Electoral College?
A group of delegates who wrote the Constitution
A system for electing members of Congress
The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president
A series of essays supporting the Constitution
What was the Enlightenment?
A period of religious revival in Europe
The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
A movement to abolish slavery
A series of wars in Europe
Who were the Federalists?
Opponents of the U.S. Constitution
Supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution
Authors of the Articles of Confederation
Leaders of the Enlightenment
What did the Great Compromise establish?
A monarchy in the United States
A two-house Congress
The Articles of Confederation
The Electoral College
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
A plan for the U.S. Constitution
A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
A treaty with Native American tribes
A military alliance with France
What is the Northwest Territory?
A region in the southern United States
A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes
A territory in Canada
A region in the eastern United States
What does it mean to ratify a plan or agreement?
To reject it
To formally approve it
To revise it
To ignore it
What are The Federalist Papers?
A series of essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution
A collection of laws governing the Northwest Territory
A set of guidelines for the Electoral College
A list of grievances against the British monarchy
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
An agreement to divide the Northwest Territory
An agreement stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation
A plan to elect the president
A treaty with Native American tribes
Which document was the first written plan of government for the United States?
The U.S. Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
The Northwest Ordinance
constitution (not The Constitution)
a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
The document which lays out the framework for the government of the United States
a person's physical state with respect to health, vitality, and strength
an ability score in Dungeons and Dragons that determines a character's max health
What was the main goal of the Bill of Rights?
To establish a monarchy in the United States
To protect individual liberties against government infringement
To create a new system of government
To outline the process for amending the Constitution
House of Representatives
"lower" house of U.S. Congress where representation is based on a state's population
"higher" house of U.S. Congress where each state gets the same number of representatives
The lawmaking body in the United States Government
The place where representatives from each state live together
Senate
"higher" house of Congress where each state gets equal represenation
"lower" house of Congress where each state gets representation based on population
The lawmaking body of the United States government
The name for the group of representatives in Ancient Rome
