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2. Mr. Wells Hickory Ridge High School Social Studies

3. Some reminders about the game: Answer the question on your sheet Circle the amount you win when you answer the question correctly These ANSWERS are written in the form of ANSWERS to make it easier to help you study

4. PEOPLE THE CONVENTION TERMS FEDERALIST & ANTIFEDERALISTS ETC. 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 Categories and amounts 100

5. I am known as the “Father of the Constitution”. Who am I? James Madison

6. I was a farmer in Massachusetts who was upset enough about taxes to rebel against the government. Daniel Shays

7. I came out of retirement for the convention and was elected president of the convention. Who am I? George Washington

8. I choose not to attend the convention because I “smelled a rat”. Who am I? Patrick Henry

9. What was the most common profession of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention? Lawyer

10. Which state proposed the plan to have two houses for the legislature and have both based on population? Virginia (Virginia Plan)

11. How many delegates were there at the Constitutional Convention? 55 delegates attended

12. This state’s plan wanted the representation in the legislature to be equal for each state New Jersey Plan

13. Another name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Bill of Rights

14. The publications known as the ________________ tried to encourage people to support and vote for the Constitution. Federalist Papers

15. This event caused many in the American government to rethink the Articles and seek another plan for government. Shays’s Rebellion

16. _________________ is a government in which people chose representatives to govern for them. Republic

17. Federalist or Anti- Federalist? Feared a single person could become a king or tyrant too easily. Anti-Federalist

18. Federalist or Anti- Federalist? Wanted a bill of rights added to the Constitution to protect people’s rights. Anti-Federalist

19. Federalist or Anti- Federalist? Wanted to keep a single person to lead the executive branch. Federalists

20. Federalist or Anti- Federalist? Wanted to divide the power of the national government among the different branches of government. Federalist

21. The _________________ compromise temporarily solved the slave issue by counting both for taxation and representation. Three-fifths Compromise

22. _______________ was our first formal plan of government for our nation. Passed in 1776 by the Continental Congress. Articles of Confederation

23. How many of the 13 states needed to ratify the Constitution before it became law? 13

24. What happens if the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed? It becomes a law.

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