A.   George Mason

B.   George Washington

C.   Thomas Jefferson

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.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

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

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

D.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

A.   gave veto power to the governor.

B.   abolished the lower house.

C.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

D.   reduced the powers of the governor.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

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

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

C.   All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

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

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

B.   urged an expansion of the public library system

C.   fought in the American Revolution

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

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

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

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

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.   Businesses could not meet creditors' terms.

B.   Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

C.   Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

D.   Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

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

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

C.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

D.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

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

B.   had the support of George Washington

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

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

A.   Congress and a courtysystem

B.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

C.   Congress

D.   Congress and an executive

A.   George Mason and Patrick Henry.

B.   George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

C.   Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

D.   Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Patrick Henry

B.   Alexander Hamilton

C.   George Washington

D.   James Madison

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   How the government should regulate trade

B.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

C.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

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

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE