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Creating the Constitution QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
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Creating the Constitution1. Anti-Federalists - ANS-Opponents of the Constitution
2. Electoral College - ANS-The group established by the Constitution to elect the
president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
3. Father of the Constitution - ANS-James Madison
4. Federalists - ANS-People who supported the Constitution
5. Framers - ANS-The delegates of the Constitutional Convention. The name comes
from the fact that they created a 'framework' of government.
6. Fugitive Slave Clause - ANS-Required escaped slaves to be returned to their
owners, even if they were caught in a free state
7. How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it would go into effect? - ANS-9
8. Importance of Shay's Rebellion - ANS-1. To many Americans, it was a sign that the
new nation was falling apart.
9. 2. Caused Congress to call a convention in order to revise the Articles of
Confederation
10. Land Ordinance of 1785 - ANS-Divided western lands (land between Ohio &
Mississippi rivers) into 6 mile squares called townships. Townships were then divided
into sections and these sections were sold to settlers.
11. Name some of the fears that the Anti-Federalists had concerning the Constitution. -
ANS-1. Congress would create too many taxes
12. 2. The president had too many powers
13. 3. The judicial branch would overpower state courts
14. 4. The Constitution didn't list the rights of the people
15. Northwest Ordinance - ANS-*This law divided the Northwest Territory into smaller
territories, each governed by a territorial governor. *When the territory reached
60,000 free adult males, it could apply to Congress to become a state.
16. *Banned slavery in the Northwest Territory
17. President of the Constitutional Convention - ANS-George Washington
18. Republic - ANS-A country led by elected representatives
19. Shay's Rebellion - ANS-Led by Massachusetts farmer Daniel Shay. The angry
farmers closed down courthouses in order to stop judges from taking their farms.
They also marched on the national arsenal to take the weapons stored there.
Because the Continental Army no longer existed, Congress couldn't stop them.
20. The Great Compromise - ANS-*Proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut
21. *Created a 2 house Congress with the number of representatives in the House of
Representatives based on population and every state having 2 senators in the
Senate
22. The New Jersey Plan - ANS-*Introduced by William Paterson
23. *Government with 3 branches
24. *Congress made up of only 1 house
25. *Congressional representatives would be equal for each state
26. The Three-Fifths Compromise - ANS-A compromise at the Constitutional Convention
between the northern and southern states as to whether slaves would be counted in
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