Constitutional Convention

Question 1

Where did the CC meet?

Answer 1

Philadelphia, PA

Question 2

What was the first act of CC?

Answer 2

They elected George Washington as the president of CC

Question 3

How many delegates were in the CC?

Answer 3

55

Question 4

Which state did not show up? And why?

Answer 4

RI because they were scared of a strong central government

Question 5

How many votes did each state have?

Answer 5

1

Question 6

Why were Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Patrick Henry missing from the CC?

Answer 6

Because they were afraid of a strong central government

Question 7

Why were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson missing from the CC?

Answer 7

Because they were representing the U.S. in Great Britain and France

Question 8

When did the CC meet for the first time?

Answer 8

May 25, 1787

Question 9

What caused Shays’s Rebellion?

Answer 9

Farmers were forced by the court to sell their land and livestock in order to pay off their debts

Question 10

Who was Daniel Shays?

Answer 10

A war hero from the Revolutionary War (Bunker Hill)

Question 11

What did Shay and his followers do in order to keep their farms?

Answer 11

They closed down the courthouses

Question 12

Why couldn’t CC stop Shays’ rebellion?

Answer 12

Because they dismantled the continental army after the revolutionary war

Question 13

What did Shays’ rebellion make people realize?

Answer 13

That they needed a stronger central government

Question 14

Name one thing congress could agree on.

Answer 14

How to divide the western lands

Question 15

When and what was the land ordinance act?

Answer 15

1785, and it divided the land west of the colonies but east of the Mississippi River

Question 16

What was the western land called?

Answer 16

Northwestern territory

Question 17

What was the average age for a delegate in the CC?

Answer 17

42

Question 18

Who was the oldest delegate? And who was he?

Answer 18

Ben Franklin

81

Question 19

Who was the “Father of the constitution”? And why?

Answer 19

James Madison because he had the largest influence on everyone

Question 20

What was the 3/5 compromise?

Answer 20

The act that made every three black slaves out of five would be considered one person

Question 21

Did the north want a black slave to be considered a person? And why?

Answer 21

No because they had less black slaves in the north

Question 22

Did the south want a black slave to be considered a person? And why?

Answer 22

Yes because they had more blacks

Question 23

What was the great compromise?

Answer 23

The act that created the U.S. National government system

Question 24

What were the two views on what the government should be like? And why?

Answer 24

A strong central government, because we must protect the freedom of the people and more power to the states because a strong central government is why we had a revolutionary war

Question 25

What did the NJ Plan call for?

Answer 25

Three branches of government, one house in Congress with a set number of representatives.

Question 26

What did the Virginia Plan call for?

Answer 26

Three branches of government, two houses both with number of representatives based on state population.