1. Chapter 4 Quiz 1

2. What was the forerunner of the written constitution in America?

3. Mayflower Compact

4. What was America’s first national constitution?

5. Articles of Confederation

6. What event during the “critical period” of American history put the fear of anarchy and insurrection in the hearts of many Americans?

7. Shays’ Rebellion

8. In What city was the Constitutional Convention held?

9. Philadelphia

10. What group supported the adoption of the Constitution and wanted a closer union of the states and a more effective central government?

11. Federalists

12. A. George Washington B. Alexander Hamilton C. James Madison
D. Jonathan Dayton
E. Gouverneur Morris
F. Benjamin Franklin
Called the “Father of the Constitution”

13. C. James Madison

14. A. George Washington B. Alexander Hamilton C. James Madison
D. Jonathan Dayton
E. Gouverneur Morris
F. Benjamin Franklin
Wrote the final draft of the Constitution

15. E. Gouverneur Morris

16. A. George Washington B. Alexander Hamilton C. James Madison
D. Jonathan Dayton
E. Gouverneur Morris
F. Benjamin Franklin
A delegate from New York who helped write the Federalist Papers

17. B. Alexander Hamilton

18. A. George Washington B. Alexander Hamilton C. James Madison
D. Jonathan Dayton
E. Gouverneur Morris
F. Benjamin Franklin
Presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention

19. A. George Washington

20. A. George Washington B. Alexander Hamilton C. James Madison
D. Jonathan Dayton
E. Gouverneur Morris
F. Benjamin Franklin
Called for prayer during the Constitutional Convention

21. F. Benjamin Franklin