- 1. The Constitutional Convention was set up to revise the ___________________.
A) Articles of Confederation
B) Olive Branch Petition
C) Treaty of Paris
D) Declaration of Independence
E) Magna Carta
- 2. How many delegates met in Philadelphia for the Convention?
A) 26
B) 100
C) 39
D) 55
E) 13
- 3. In this plan, there would be two houses within the legislative branch.
A) Virginia Plan
B) Philadelphia Plan
C) Albany Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
E) Connecticut Plan
- 4. William Paterson proposed a plan in which each state would be given one vote in the legislature, regardless of population
A) Carolina Plan
B) Representative Plan
C) Albany Plan
D) Virginia Plan
E) New Jersey Plan
- 5. Under the Great Compromise the Legislative Branch would be divided into two houses (bicameral).
A) Read House & The Whitehouse
B) Virginia House & New Jersey House
C) Republican & Democratic
D) House of Representatives & The Senate
E) Federalists & Anti-Federalists
- 6. Under the Three-Fifths Compromise, 3/5 of the _________ in any state would count toward the state’s population.
A) Women
B) Slaves
C) Immigrants
D) Farmers
E) The Senate
- 7. Supported a Strong Central/Federal Government
A) Democrats
B) Anti-Federalists
C) Representatives
D) Republicans
E) Federalists
- 8. Believed that the Constitution gave too much power to the National government and left the states to be too weak
A) Senators
B) Federalists
C) Republicans
D) Anti-Federalists
E) Democrats
- 9. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution is December 1787. What does it mean to Ratify?
A) Refuse
B) Edit
C) Print
D) Ignore
E) Approve
- 10. Finally, by September 17,1787, the Constitution was ready. Now it had to be approved by ____ of the ______ states.
A) 13/13
B) 10/13
C) 6/13
D) 9/13
E) 4/13
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