Significant Individuals

Question 1

Daniel Shays

Answer 1

A former Revolutionary War soldier who led Shays’s Rebellion (1786-1787), protesting high taxes and debt. Led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts

Question 2

Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 2

George Washington

Question 3

Three Antifederalists

Answer 3

George Mason, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry

Question 4

Four Federalists

Answer 4

James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton

Question 5

George Mason

Answer 5

A delegate to the Constitutional Convention who refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights. Known as the “Father of the Bill of Rights”

Question 6

James Madison

Answer 6

Known as the “Father of the Constitution” for his role in drafting and promoting the Constitution & the Bill of Rights

Question 7

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 7

(Washington’s right-hand man) A Federalist leader who co-wrote The Federalist Papers and advocated for a strong central gov. and a national bank

Question 8

Upper Chamber Senate

Answer 8

Part of the bicameral Congress; each state gets two senators regardless of population (equal representation)

Question 9

Lower Chamber House of Representatives

Answer 9

Part of the bicameral Congress; representation is based on population size (larger states have more Representatives)

Question 10

John Jay

Answer 10

A Founding Father who helped draft the Constitution and co-wrote the Federalist Papers. Also: he served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.