A.   George Mason

B.   Thomas Jefferson

C.   George Washington

D.   James Madison

A.   were mainly lawyers and merchants.

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

C.   disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

D.   were mainly from southern states.

A.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

B.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

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

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

A.   abolished the lower house.

B.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

C.   reduced the powers of the governor.

D.   gave veto power to the governor.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

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

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

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.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

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

D.   fought in the American Revolution

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

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

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

A.   Businesses could not meet creditors' terms.

B.   Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

C.   Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

D.   Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.

A.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

B.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

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

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

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

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

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

D.   had the support of George Washington

A.   Congress and an executive

B.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

C.   Congress

D.   Congress and a courtysystem

A.   Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

B.   George Mason and Patrick Henry.

C.   Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

D.   George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   George Washington

B.   James Madison

C.   Alexander Hamilton

D.   Patrick Henry

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

B.   How the government should regulate trade

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

D.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE