Chapter 8 test: Creating the Constitution

What was the position of a Federalist?

• They supported the new constitution

• They did not support the new constitution

• The supported a Bill of Rights

• They questioned slavery

Which of these describes a federal system of government.

• Government run by one political party

• a single leader make all government decisions

• individual states have power over the federal government

• power is shared by the national and state governments

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention gave the job of choosing a chief executive to

• all the citizens

• member of Congress

• electors chosen by the states

• state legislatures and governors

What was the greatest concern of Anti-Federalists.

• taxation would be eliminated

• the selection of Washington as president

• not having an American army and navy

• giving up state power to form a stronger Union

What part of the Legislative Branch is affected by state population.

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• president's cabinet

• House of Representatives

What did the Great Compromise decide?

• representation in Congress

• the names of political parties

• the system of checks and balances

• process of selecting the president

Which of these did both the Virginia and New Jersey plans include?

• an end to slavery

• an elected president

• three branches of government

• two houses of Congress

What was the greatest challenge for delegates at the Constitutional convention?

• how to respond to the interests of foreign countries

• how to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers

• how to balance the interests of large and small states

• how to get agreement between the north and south

Why is James Madison known as the Father of the Constitution?

• he was well prepared to the debates

• he was the oldest delegate

• he was the only delegate from Virginia

• he wrote the first draft of the Constitution

What was the original purpose of the convention in May 1787?

• to write the Constitution

• to end Shays' rebellion

• to revise the Articles of the Confederation

• to rewrite the Declaration of Independence