Constitutional Convention

Which state decided not to send a representative to the convention?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Delaware

• Rhode Island

This compromise was used to settle a debate between large and small states

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Constitution

• All of these

This type of person did not support the Constitution.

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Patriots

• Loyalists

Would you have been a federalist or antifederalist?

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• objected to separation of powers

• opposed the institution of slavery

• wanted a more unified national system

• worried about the abuses of individual rights

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Bill of Rights added to constitution

• Limits on slavery removed from Constitution

• Majority of states reject ratification on first vote

• Great Compromise creates bicameral legislature

Examine the graph.  The process shown in the diagram resolved which question debated  by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

• What tax powers should Congress have?

• How should the legislative branch be organized?

• What method should be used to select the president?

• Should the national government put restrictions on slavery?

The Bill of Rights was added to the constitution to address which problem?

• conflict between the South and the North over the issue of slavery 

• disagreement between large and small states over the design of legislative branch 

• resistance to ratification  by political leaders who worried about the amount of power given to the federal government 

• the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation that prevented the national government from solving the nation's economic problems. 

The main purpose of the constitutional convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False