A.   George Washington

B.   Thomas Jefferson

C.   James Madison

D.   George Mason

A.   were mainly lawyers and merchants.

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

C.   were mainly from southern states.

D.   disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

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

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

C.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

D.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

A.   reduced the powers of the governor.

B.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

C.   gave veto power to the governor.

D.   abolished the lower house.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.

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

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

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

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

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

C.   urged an expansion of the public library system

D.   fought in the American Revolution

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.   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

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

A.   Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

B.   Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

C.   Businesses could not meet creditors' terms.

D.   Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

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

B.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

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

D.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

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

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

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

D.   had the support of George Washington

A.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

B.   Congress and a courtysystem

C.   Congress and an executive

D.   Congress

A.   Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

B.   George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

C.   Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

D.   George Mason and Patrick Henry.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Patrick Henry

B.   Alexander Hamilton

C.   George Washington

D.   James Madison

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

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

C.   How the government should regulate trade

D.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE