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What is the name of the first section of the Constitution that serves as an introduction to declare the purpose of the document?
The Preamble
The Pretense
The Preface
The Preduction
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What are the very first words of the Preamble and also, therefore, the entire American Constitution?
"When in the course of human events . . ."
"We the people . . ."
"To defend our liberties. . ."
"In order to stave off enemies of America. . ."
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Of the many delegates to come and frame the Constitution, how many would actually sign it at the end of the Convention?
39
45
51
59
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The U.S. Constitution featured divided branches of government based on the philosophy of what Enlightenment thinker?
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
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What state's plan for a Constitutional draft was nicknamed the Randolph Plan after Edmund Randolph, one of the state's delegates?
Georgia
Massachusetts
Virginia
Delaware
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What man was the oldest to sign the Constitution?
George Washington
John Jay
Benjamin Franklin
Edmund Randolph
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After the Constitution was drafted, it was up to the individual states to ratify it. What was the final original state to ratify the Constitution?
Virginia
Delaware
Rhode Island
West Virginia
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On what date did the United States Constitution become officially binding?
June 17th, 1789
December 21st, 1790
March 4th, 1786
June 21st, 1788
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What is the official name for the first ten Amendments to the Constitution?
The Preamble
The Unquestionable Liberties
The Bill of Rights
The Ten Necessary Rights
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Including the signatures, how many words are in the Constitution?
4190
4543
5378
7395
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Which state was the only one to not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Delaware
Rhode Island
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What was the final state to ratify the Constitution to help it reach its necessary number of approvals?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Connecticut
New Hampshire
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How many states were required to ratify the Constitution before it became officially binding?
Seven
Nine
Ten
Eleven
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How many articles were originally in the Constitution?
Three
Four
Seven
Ten
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Which of the following pairs of future Presidents of the United States signed the Constitution?
George Washington and James Madison
George Washington and John Adams
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and James Madison
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What is the name of the man who actually physically wrote the United States Constitution?
Jacob Shallus
Thomas Howell
Lucas Rejiot
Adel Redbrook
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The longest gap in time between Amendments to the Constitution was how long?
55 Years
61 Years
69 Years
77 Years
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On what date did the original framers sign the Constitution?
November 2nd, 1787
October 26th, 1787
October 29th, 1787
September 17th, 1787
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Which founding father and framer of the Constitution is credited with coming up with the idea of an Executive Cabinet to aid the President?
James Madison
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Robert Morris
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How many times has the Constitution been amended since its original implementation?
10
12
17
26
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A peculiarity from the Constitutional Convention was just how many representatives remained absent throughout. How many representatives for the Convention are cited with never having attended a single meeting of the Convention?
4
12
16
19
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The Constitution created a Legislative Branch of the American government that was made up of two separate institutions, the House of Representatives and the Senate. What is the term for this type of dual-institutional governmental structure?
Duaprosienal
Bimaslinal
Dualateral
Bicameral
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The first day of the Constitutional Convention was on May 14th 1787, but nothing was really done at this time as only representatives from what two states had actually shown up?
Virginia and Pennsylvania
New York and Rhode Island
Connecticut and New York
Virginia and Maine
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What was the name of the document that set up the original American government and preceded the Constitution?
The Reconstruction of Democracy
The Preamble
The Articles of Confederation
The Structure of the State
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In what city was this Constitutional Convention held?
Providence
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
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The Federalist Papers were documents that outlined the aspirations of certain delegates at the convention. Which of the following men didn't write any of the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
John Jay
James Madison
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The Constitutional plan that would eventually compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was named for which state?
South Carolina
New York
Virginia
Connecticut
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Most of the representatives at the Convention were wealthy politicians, lawyers, scholars, and even merchants, but what man was the only member of the yeoman farmer class to attend?
John Jay
Edmund Randolph
William Few
James Wilson
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Aside from English, what other language is used in passing throughout the Constitution?
Spanish
Latin
Portuguese
French
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What state voted to ratify the Constitution even though it wasn't technically a state at the time?
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Which of the following two famous founding fathers actually didn't attend the Constitutional Convention?
Samuel Adams and Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson and John Jay
Samuel Adams and George Washington
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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What man was the only delegate from New York to stay throughout the entire Convention?
Gouverneur Morris
William Fawkes
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
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