8th Creating The Constitution #1 Question Preview (ID: 34167)


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Where did the Constitution get its authority from?
a) The Congress
b) The President
c) The Courts
d) The People

Document in which the laws, principles, organizations, and processes of government are established
a) Compromise
b) Confederation
c) Constitution
d) Congress

Virginian Anti-Federalist who felt the Constitution went to far. He refused to sign the Constitution.
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) James Madison
c) John Paul Jones
d) George Mason

What did federalist support?
a) Passing the Constitution
b) Rejecting the Constitution
c) Revising the Articles of Confederation
d) Keeping the Articles of Confederation

System of courts to settle disputes involving national issues
a) Judicial Branch
b) Executive Branch
c) Legislative Branch
d) Tree Branch

Connecticut delegate that proposed the Great Compromise.
a) Nathanael Green
b) George Mason
c) James Madison
d) Roger Sherman

Agreement in which each sides gives up something
a) Constitution
b) Congressional
c) Compromise
d) Ratifiy

What did the Antifederalists support?
a) Passing the Constitution
b) Rejecting the Constitution
c) Revising the Articles of Confederation
d) Declaring War on the British

Father of the Constitution. Kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention. Drafted the original Bill of Rights.
a) George Washington
b) George Mason
c) James Madison
d) John Adams

Which state was the first to ratify the Constitution?
a) New York
b) Pennsylvania
c) South Carolina
d) Delaware

To approve
a) Ratify
b) Amendment
c) Compromise
d) Executive

Federalist who fought for the passage of the Constitution.
a) Roger Sherman
b) John Adams
c) George Mason
d) Alexander Hamilton

Able to change
a) Compromise
b) Flexible
c) Regress
d) Ratified

How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect?
a) 12
b) 10
c) 9
d) 7

Massachusetts farmer who led an uprising over taxes. The uprising caused many to believe we needed a stronger central government to protect against popular unrest.
a) Daniel Shays
b) George Mason
c) Roger Sherman
d) Alexander Hamilton

What was the first task of the new Congress after the Constitution passed?
a) Elect a president
b) Pass the Northwest Ordinance
c) Ban Slavery
d) Create the Bill of Rights

Voted President of the Constitutional Convention. Elected first President under the Constitution.
a) James Madison
b) George Washington
c) Daniel Shays
d) Thomas Jefferson

Addition or alteration to a document
a) Amendment
b) Regression
c) Compromise
d) Adaptation

In government, person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
a) Executive
b) Councilmen
c) Congress
d) Judge

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
a) Three-Fifths of the states needed to vote for something for it to pass
b) Slave counted as 3/5 of a person for population
c) The President could only be elected by a 3/5 majority
d) 3/5 of the states needed to approve the Constitution for it to go into effect

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