Constitutional Convention/Ratification

The Founders believed that natural rights meant the right to

• education, privacy, and security

• life, liberty, and property

• clothing, food, and shelter

• freedom, work, and protection

In the final agreement in the Great Compromise, it was decided that the legislative branch would be

• unicameral

• tricameral

• bicameral

• more important than the judicial branch

The buying and selling of goods on a large scale between different places is called

• trade

• exchange

• commerce

• tariff

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to

• declare independence from Great Britain.

• ratify the Articles of Confederation.

• secretly take control of the new states.

• improve the Articles of Confederation.

Giving states with larger populations a greater number of representatives in Congress is called

• equal representation

• adequate representation

• proportional representation

• legislative representation

The Founders resolved the conflict between Northern and Southern states by

• excusing the South from certain parts of the Constitution.

• prohibiting (stopping) the expansion of slavery into new territories.

• expanding trade with Southern states.

• allowing the slave trade to continue.

The system the Founders created for choosing the president is known as

• the Electoral College.

• voter registration.

• nomination by convention.

• political campaigning.

The Anti-Federalists were people who

• were against the creation of the Articles of Confederation.

• were against increasing the power of the national government.

• were loyal to the British monarch.

• supported Shays' Rebellion.

To get enough support for the ratification of the Constitution, the Federalists agreed to

• remove the necessary and proper clause.

• amend the Three-Fifths Compromise.

• outlaw slavery in the territories.

• add a bill of rights.

For the Constitution to go into effect, how many states needed to ratify?

• 10 out of 13

• 9 out of 13

• 13 out of 13

• 8 out of 13