The Compromises of the Constitutional Convention QUIZ

1.Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?

  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. George Washington
  3. James Madison
  4. Thomas Jefferson

2.The final version of the U.S. Constitution is the result of which of the following?

  1. many compromises
  2. Washington’s veto
  3. Thomas Jefferson’s writings
  4. The work of the Electoral College

3.Which of the following plans presented at the Constitutional Convention would be favored by small states?

  1. Virginia Plan
  2. Three-Fifths Compromise
  3. Connecticut Compromise
  4. New Jersey Plan

4.The Great Compromise settled the conflict of

  1. whether the slaves were to be counted as population
  2. whether the Supreme Court could review the acts of the states
  3. small and large states over the apportionment of representation in the legislative branch
  4. the election of a President by the people

5.What kind of Congress did the Great Compromise call for?

  1. a bicameral Congress with representation based on population
  2. a unicameral Congress with representation based on equality
  3. a bicameral Congress with equal representation in the House of Representatives and representation based upon population in the Senate
  4. a bicameral Congress with representation based on population in the House of Representatives and representation based on equality in the Senate

6.Who wanted slaves to count for the purposes of determining representation in Congress?

  1. northern states
  2. southern states
  3. small states
  4. large states

7.The compromise that increased the power of Southern states by allowing them to count a portion of the their slaves in determining proportional representation in the House of Representatives:

  1. The Great Compromise
  2. The Three-Fifths Compromise
  3. The Slave Trade Compromise
  4. The Ratification Compromise

8.The compromise that protected a major feature of the Southern economy for at least twenty years in order to get Southern states to support the ratification of the Constitution:

  1. The Great Compromise
  2. The Three-Fifths Compromise
  3. The Slave Trade Compromise
  4. The Ratification Compromise

9.Because the Framers of the Constitution did not really trust the common American citizens to be able to discern good leaders from bad leaders, they created:

  1. The Articles of Confederation
  2. The Bill of Rights
  3. The Electoral College
  4. The Great Compromise

10.Why were the Federalists Papers’ written?

  1. to stop the ratification of the United States Constitution
  2. to encourage the ratification of the United States Constitution
  3. to fight for the preservation of states’ rights
  4. to support the abolition of slavery

11.Which of the following groups of people were responsible for writing the Federalist Papers?

  1. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams
  2. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Jay
  3. James Madison, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton
  4. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay

12.The main difference between the Anti-federalists and the Federalists was that the Anti-federalists:

  1. wanted central government to take over states’ powers
  2. wanted no central government
  3. wanted to give all governmental power to the central government
  4. wanted a weak central government and stronger state governments

13.Which of the following was a success of the Anti-Federalist movement?

  1. the Bill of Rights were added to the United States Constitution
  2. the United States Constitution was ratified
  3. the Articles of Confederation were revised at the Philadelphia Convention
  4. the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed

14.What is the Bill of Rights?

  1. The preamble to the Constitution
  2. Unalienable Rights
  3. First 10 amendments to the Constitution
  4. amendments 11-27 in the Constitution

15.The Bill of Rights was intended to do which of the following?

  1. to define the powers of the states
  2. to formally establish the two-party system
  3. to give all citizens the right to vote
  4. to protect individual rights from government abuse

16.In order to become the law of the land, the Constitution had to be ratified by

  1. Seven states
  2. Nine states
  3. Eleven states
  4. All thirteen states

Associate the following statements with either Federalists (A) or Anti-Federalists (B)

17.supported the weak national government under the Articles

18.supported the ratification of the US Constitution

19.Wanted a Bill of Rights

20.Believed a strong central government was too close to a monarchy