A.   George Mason

B.   Thomas Jefferson

C.   George Washington

D.   James Madison

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

B.   were mainly lawyers and merchants.

C.   disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

D.   were mainly from southern states.

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

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

C.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

D.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

A.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

B.   reduced the powers of the governor.

C.   gave veto power to the governor.

D.   abolished the lower house.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

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

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

C.   All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

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

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   urged an expansion of the public library system

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

C.   fought in the American Revolution

D.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

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

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

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

D.   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

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

B.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

C.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

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

A.   had the support of George Washington

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

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

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

A.   Congress and an executive

B.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

C.   Congress

D.   Congress and a courtysystem

A.   Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

B.   George Mason and Patrick Henry.

C.   Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

D.   George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   James Madison

B.   Alexander Hamilton

C.   George Washington

D.   Patrick Henry

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

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

C.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

D.   How the government should regulate trade

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE