Brilliant Solution Quiz

Question 1.

• Author Dr. Carol Berkin, wrote “The genesis of this book lies in two national crises...” What were those crises?

• September 11th & President Bush’s 2000 election victory

Question 2.

• What precipitated the calling of the constitutional convention?

• The failures of the government established under the Articles of

Confederation

Question 3.

• What year did the constitutional convention meet?

• 1787

Question 4.

• What would describe the mood of the delegates as they gathered in Philadelphia?

• They were unsure about the outcome.

Question 5.

• Who was the primary architect of the writing of the Constitution at the constitutional convention?

• James Madison

Question 6.

• What role did Benjamin Franklin play at the constitutional convention?

• elder statesman

Question 7.

• How did most of the other delegates view Alexander Hamilton?

• youthful & exceptional

Question 8.

• How did Dr. Berkin describe the delegates to the constitutional convention in regards to social stature?

• men of wealth and comfort landowners, slaveholders, lawyers,

merchants, and land speculators

Question 9.

• “He scandalized the convention’s proper New Englanders by his open philandering, although he won the admiration of the more worldly New Yorkers and South Carolinians.” Who was that?

• Gouverneur Morris

Question 10.

• The delegates which posed the greatest threat to passage of the Constitution feared what?

• reducing the power of the states

Question 11.

• James Madison sought to avoid a “temptation to tyranny,” what proposal of his accomplished that?

• dividing the government into three branches

Question 12.

• How was the plan to count slaves in establishing congressional representation greeted by the delegates?

• Mild-- it was in use already

Question 13.

• In viewing the qualifications, role, and responsibilities of the executive the delegates were hindered by what?

• colonial governors were corrupt or incompetent

14.

• A belief that “the people were ‘too little informed of personal characters in large districts,’” resulted in what?

• the electoral college

Question 15.

• Why after the delegates had been debating for weeks did they eventually begin to make compromises?

• the delegates missed their families

Question 16.

• The creation of the Senate was intended to insure that what group of Americans were represented?

• the social elite

Question 17.

• Why did Georgia support the idea of a strong central government?

• to protect Georgia from external threats like Native Americans & the

Spanish

Question 18.

• Berkin states, “Many of those powers were crisis-driven: In case of war, he would command the military op-erations; to prevent war, he could send diplomats to negotiate treaties.” What has this done to presidential power?

• increased it dramatically

Question 19.

• Those who favored a strong central government were called nationalists; what other name did they use?

• federalists

Question 20.

• What delegate was given the task of rewriting the draft Constitution to improve the quality of the language?

• Gouverneur Morris

Question 21.

• Before the proposed Constitution was to be submitted to the states for approval, what step had to be taken?

• Submitted to the Continental Congress

Question 22.

• For the Constitution to be ratified and become the supreme law of the land, how many states must approve?

• nine

Question 23.

• What state did Alexander Hamilton represent as a constitutional convention delegate?

• New York

Question 24.

• Which of the following possibilities was covered by Article XI of the Articles of Confederation?

• admission of Canada as part of the United States

Question 25.

• What two states did not approve the Constitution until after it took effect?

• Rhode Island & North Carolina

Question 26.

• In Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution, what institution establishes the rules for electing Congress members and Senators?

• The States