1. Chapter 4 Test 2

2. What were the two preliminary meetings held which led to the Constitutional Convention?

3. Mount Vernon
Annapolis

4. Name the three men who wrote the Federalist Papers.

5. James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay

6. Who is remembered as the “Father of the Constitution?”

7. James Madison

8. Name the group who supported the adoption of the Constitution, wanted a closer union of the states, and preferred a more effective central government.

9. Federalists

10. Who wrote the final draft of the Constitution?
James Madison
Gouverneur Morris
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson

11. Gouverneur Morris

12. What term refers to the division of power between the national and state governments?
Quorum
Federalism
Censure
Census

13. Federalism

14. From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate?
James Madison
Charles de Montesquieu
Gouverneur Morris
Alexander Hamilton

15. Charles de Montesquieu

16. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Established the judicial branch

17. C. Article III

18. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Set guidelines for ratification of the Constitution

19. . Article VII

20. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Provides for amendments to the Constitution

21. D. Article V

22. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Established the legislative branch

23. Article I

24. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Describes the Constitution as the “supreme law of the land”

25. E. Article VI

26. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Established the executive branch

27. B. Article II

28. A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article V
E. Article VI
F. Article VII
G. Connecticut Compromise
Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature

29. G. Connecticut Compromise

30. True/False
Benjamin Franklin presided as Chairman of the constitutional Convention.

31. False