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Much of the design of the American democracy was based upon the republic of what ancient civilization?
Minoa
Sumeria
Egypt
Rome
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The Constitutional Convention assembled to replace what previous structuring document of American government?
The Washington Consolidation Accord
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The Sherman Draft
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Which of the following was an element which the Constitution changed from the Articles of Confederation?
It created separate but united states
It created a central national currency
It outlawed slavery
It officially recognized Canada as a land independent of the U.S.A.
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What is the name of the major rebellion which took place in 1786 and 1787 and highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion
John Brown's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
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In what year did the American Constitutional Convention take place?
1785
1787
1789
1791
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In what city did the American Constitutional Convention take place?
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York City
Boston
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Representatives of each state in attendance at the convention bore what title?
Senators
Justices
Delegates
Witnesses
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Notable delegates of the convention such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton belonged to what school of thought which emphasized that a strong centralized government would be best for the nation?
Federalism
Anti-Federalism
Popularism
Pacifism
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What figure presided over the Convention to maintain order within its proceedings?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
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By the end of the convention, the delegates agreed upon a legislative branch composed of two separate structures. What is the term that refers to such a structure?
Bilatteral
Binural
Bicentennial
Bicameral
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Which of the following politicians drafted the Virginia Plan for the convention?
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
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The Virginia Plan suggested legislative representation for every state be based on what?
Population
Income
Landmass
Every state would be represented equally
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For how long did the Convention occur?
Five months
Ten months
Thirteen Months
Sixteen months
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The Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention ended up manifesting what legislative body based on population?
The House of Representatives
The Senate
The Supreme Court
The White House
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The Virginia Plan was also called the Randolph plan after what figure who sponsored it?
William Randolph
Edmund Randolph
James Randolph
Terrence Randolph
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Which of the following founding fathers was not present at the convention?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
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Which of the following states sent no delegates to the Convention?
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Virginia
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What is the name of the group of Delegates at the Convention who were responsible for penning the verbal agreements made at the event?
The Committee of Franchise
The Committee of Inscription
The Committee of Addage
The Committee of Detail
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What is the name of the committee at the Convention responsible for the actual verbiage of the Constitution?
The Committee of Aptitude
The Committee of Style
The Committee of Print
The Committee of Detail
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What Constitutional plan called for each state's representation in legislature to be entirely equal regardless of population?
The New Jersey Plan
The Rhode Island Plan
The Massachusetts Plan
The Vermont Plan
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What body of American legislature was created by the New Jersey Plan to offer each state an equal amount of representation?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The Supreme Court
The Parliament
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The New Jersey Plan is often called The Paterson Plan after what figure who sponsored it?
William Paterson
Jonathan Paterson
Richard Paterson
Nathaniel Paterson
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Much of the political philosophy at the forefront of the convention was the result of what recent philosophical movement which emphasized ration and democracy in government?
The Reconquista
The Gilded Age
The Enlightenment
The Prosperity Era
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What is the name of the Great Compromise which provided for the American legislature to have one body based on population and one that gave equal representation to all states?
The Delaware Compromise
The Virginia Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise
The Georgia Compromise
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What man coined the Great Compromise which helped establish the American legislature at the convention?
Alexander Hamilton
William Pinckney
Roger Sherman
Edmund Randolph
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How many total delegates attended the convention?
40
45
50
55
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Out of the total number of delegates present at the Convention, how many approved of and signed the Constitution at the end?
30
39
50
58
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What man put forth the ill-fated British Plan at the Convention which would structure the American government based on England's?
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
William McDonald
Roger Sherman
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In the darkest moment of the convention, the delegates compromised slavery would be legal within the nation but that slaves would count as a fraction of human for the purpose of population count. What is the name of this compromise?
The 1/3 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise
The 7/10 Compromise
The 4/5 Compromise
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As a part of the agreement of the Convention toward slavery, the Delegates decided the country's participation in the international slave trade would end by what year?
1808
1815
1827
1841
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