The Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention was held in…

• Philadelphia in 1878

• Philadelphia in 1776

• Philadelphia in 1787

• Annapolis in 1776

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to…

• strengthen the power of the state governments.

• throw out the Articles of Confederation.

• make the national government weaker.

• revise the Articles of Confederation.

When Rhode Island tried to block the efforts at the Constitutional Convention by not showing up, what did the delegates vote on to get around it?

• They voted to go home and come back to fix the Articles of Confederation when Rhode Island agreed to it.

• Rhode Island successfully blocked the Constitutional Convention from happening.

• They voted to get rid of all states having to agree to change the Articles of Confederation and continued on.

As the most respected man in the United States, who was chosen to be president over the Constitutional Convention?

• Ben Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• James Madison

What decision at the Constitutional Convention made it easier to get laws passed in the National Government?

• 9 out 13 states had to agree to pass a law.

• All 13 states had to agree to pass a law.

• 7 out of 13 states had to agree to get a law passed (simple majority).

• two-thirds of the states had to agree to get a law passed.

Which of the following were both major changes made to the National Government at the Constitutional Convention?

• power to tax and created an executive branch

• power to declare war and created a judicial branch

• power to coin money and in control of postal system

• in control of postal system and created a military

Under the Virginia Plan, James Madison proposed that the amount of representatives in Congress per state should be...

• equal in every state.

• based a state's wealth.

• based on a state's population.

• decided on by state governors.

Because of its small population, which of the following states would want equal representation in Congress?

• California

• Texas

• Delaware

• Florida

The Great Compromise allowed for equal representation…

• in the south and the north to be based on population.

• in the House of Representatives and based on wealth in the Senate.

• in the Senate (2 representatives per state).

• In the House of Representatives.

In the 3/5ths Compromise, the South had to count its slave population toward taxes, but benefited because 60% of a state slave population would count toward…

• the labor supply in the west

• representation in Congress

• the fugitive slave clause

• military recruits