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Constitution Quiz
True/Balse
Indicate whether the statement is true orfalse.
l. Alexander Hamilton presided over the Constitutional Convention.
2. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sharply debated whether to establish a monarchy or a republic.
3. The New Jersey Plan proposed to keep a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.
4. Under the Constitution, each slave would count as one person for purposes of representation, but as only half
a person for taxation.
5. The Constitution mentioned the word "slave" (or "slavery") eighteen times.
6. The Constitution immediately outlawed the foreign slave trade.
7. The Constitution established a Supreme Court with nine justices.
8. Federalists favored a decentralized federal system of government.
Multiple Choice
Identifu the choice that best completes the statement or answels the question.
l. The Constitutional Convention met in:
a. New York
b. Washington, D.C.
c. Philadelphia
d. Boston
e. Albany
2. The convention, which assembled in May 1787, was supposed to:
a. write a new constitution
b. address the country's financial crisis
c. revise the Articles of Confederation
d. nominate someone for president
e. discuss better trade relations with Britain
3. The delegates who met:
a. included John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
b. tended to be elderly
c. wanted a weaker central government
d. included many participants in the Revolution
e. arrived knowing what they wanted
