A.   James Madison

B.   George Mason

C.   George Washington

D.   Thomas Jefferson

A.   were mainly lawyers and merchants.

B.   were mainly from southern states.

C.   disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

D.   were loyalists who chose to remain in the states.

A.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

B.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

C.   They promised federal tax relief for poor famers and laborers.

D.   Antifederalist leaders came out in support of the Constitution.

A.   reduced the powers of the governor.

B.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

C.   abolished the lower house.

D.   gave veto power to the governor.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Nine states had to vote to amend the articles.

B.   All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

C.   Five states had to approve war-making decisions.

D.   Each state had two delegates who served one-year terms

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   is known as the "father" of the US Constitution

B.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

C.   fought in the American Revolution

D.   urged an expansion of the public library system

A.   gave the white south more power in national affairs because they could count their slaves in the general population for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives

B.   declared that slaves were not human and did not have legal rights

C.   required that all revenue bills have a 3/5 approval vote in the House of Representatives

D.   expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise made at the Constitutional Convention

A.   Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

B.   Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

C.   Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

D.   Businesses could not meet creditors' terms.

A.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

B.   was a thinly disguised attempt to institute a monarchy in America

C.   was favored by smaller, less populated states because it proposed equal representation

D.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

A.   demonstrated the weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation

B.   was aimed at the Vermont government which had very strict policies regarding debtors

C.   had the support of George Washington

D.   was a response to the Whiskey tax implemented to raise revenue to pay war debt

A.   Congress and an executive

B.   Congress and a courtysystem

C.   Congress

D.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

A.   Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

B.   Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

C.   George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

D.   George Mason and Patrick Henry.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Alexander Hamilton

B.   James Madison

C.   Patrick Henry

D.   George Washington

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   How the government should regulate trade

B.   How to balance the interests of large and small states

C.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

D.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE