A.   George Washington

B.   Thomas Jefferson

C.   James Madison

D.   George Mason

A.   were mainly from southern states.

B.   disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret

C.   were mainly lawyers and merchants.

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

A.   They promised a bill of rights would be included

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

C.   They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.

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

A.   augmented the powers of the upper house.

B.   abolished the lower house.

C.   gave veto power to the governor.

D.   reduced the powers of the governor.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

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.   fought in the American Revolution

B.   did not attend the Philadelphia Convention

C.   urged an expansion of the public library system

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.   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.   Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.

C.   Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.

D.   Businesses could not meet creditors' terms.

A.   replaced the Articles of Confederation

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

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

D.   provided for gradual emancipation of slaves

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

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

C.   had the support of George Washington

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

A.   Congress and a courtysystem

B.   Congress

C.   Congress and an executive

D.   Congress, a court system, and an executive

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.   James Madison

D.   George Washington

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Whether or not slavery should be abolished

B.   How the government should regulate trade

C.   Whether or not presidential powers should be increased

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

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE