Question 1

What do you call an agreement where both sides give up something they want?

Accepted Answer

a compromise

Answer

a deal

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a pact

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a treaty

Question 2

In order for the Constitution to become law of the land, how many states must vote for it?

Accepted Answer

9 out of 13

Answer

6 out of 13

Answer

7 out of 13

Answer

8 out of 13

Question 3

How is the President elected under the rules of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Electoral College

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Electoral Committee

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Electoral Collage

Answer

Ballot

Question 4

This compromise allowed southern slave hunters to arrest escaped slaves in the North.

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

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3/5 Compromise

Answer

Underground Railroad

Question 5

How much did slaves count as part of the states population when determining representation?

Accepted Answer

3/5

Answer

2/5

Answer

1/5

Answer

4/5

Question 6

Which group favored a strong central government?

Accepted Answer

Federalists

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Anti-Federalists

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Loyalists

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Sons of Liberty

Question 7

How did the delegates solve the dispute between large states and small states?

Accepted Answer

The Great Compromise

Answer

3/5 Compromise

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Virginia Plan

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New Jersey Plan

Question 8

How did the delegates stop the public from opposing any topics being discussed?

Accepted Answer

Rule of Secrecy

Answer

Madison published his notes

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They allowed debate

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Locked the doors

Question 9

Which document spelled out how the Western Lands were settled?

Accepted Answer

The Northwest Ordinance

Answer

The Louisiana Purchase

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Proclamation of 1763

Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 10

In which city did the delegates create the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

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Boston

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New York City

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Washington, D.C.

Question 11

What document was the law of the land before the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer

Declaration of Independence

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Magna Carta

Question 12

Who was the "father of the Constitution?"

Accepted Answer

James Madison

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Benjamin Franklin

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George Washington

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

What is the population requirement for a territory to be able to apply for statehood?

Accepted Answer

60,000

Answer

100,000

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50,000

Answer

30,000

Question 14

How many senators does each state get?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

depends on the population

Answer

4

Question 15

How many representatives does each state get in Congress?

Accepted Answer

depends on the population of that state

Answer

2

Answer

435

Answer

4

Question 16

What document replaces the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?

Accepted Answer

the Constitution

Answer

the Northwest Ordinance

Answer

the Bills of Rights

Answer

the Declaration of Independence

Question 17

What is another name for our national legislature?

Accepted Answer

Congress

Answer

Senate

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Supreme Court

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Executive Office

Question 18

Under the Great Compromise, the national government would consist of how many branches?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

50

Answer

1

Question 19

For what purpose in 1787 did delegates from 12 of the 13 states meet?

Accepted Answer

to revise the Articles of Confederation

Answer

to create the Declaration

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to revise the Treaty of Paris

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to create the Bill of Rights

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