WorksheetsWho Wrote the US Constitution Wonders
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did the delegates vote to create on May 31, 1787?
A national government
A new currency
A trade agreement
A bill of rights
Which are the three parts of the national government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Senate, House, President
Congress, Supreme Court, Cabinet
State, Local, Federal
Why would the three branches of government share power?
So that no branch would have too much power
To make laws faster
To increase taxes
To elect the president
What is the one-vote-for-one-state system?
Each state gets one vote
Each person gets one vote
Only large states vote
Only small states vote
What does proportional representation mean?
The number of representatives is based on population
Each state gets two representatives
Only the president chooses representatives
All states have the same number of representatives
What did the New Jersey Plan propose?
Equal representation for each state in Congress
Representation based on population
Abolishing the Senate
Creating a monarchy
What was Benjamin Franklin's compromise during the Constitutional Convention?
Suggested a bicameral legislature
Suggested equal representation in the Senate
Suggested abolishing the House of Representatives
Suggested direct election of the President
What was Roger Sherman's solution to the debate over representation?
The Great Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Virginia Plan
The Bill of Rights
Why was the Great Compromise a turning point in the Constitutional Convention?
It resolved the issue of representation in Congress
It ended slavery
It created the Supreme Court
It established the executive branch
Who proposed the idea that led to the Great Compromise?
Roger Sherman
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
James Madison
Why did the delegates form committees?
To organize their work and make decisions
To avoid signing the Constitution
To elect the President
To write the Declaration of Independence
What is the purpose of the electoral college?
To elect the President of the United States
To write laws
To sign the Constitution
To form committees
The electoral college is made up of who?
Representatives chosen by each state
Members of Congress
Supreme Court judges
Delegates from foreign countries
Why didn’t some delegates sign the Constitution?
They disagreed with parts of it
They were absent on the day of signing
They wanted to form a new country
They were not allowed to sign
How did Benjamin Franklin feel about the Constitution?
He felt it was not perfect but good enough
He thought it was the best document ever written
He did not support it at all
He wanted to rewrite the entire Constitution
