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What is a union?
What are representatives?
Who Wrote the US Constitution Quiz
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Quiz for Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution
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What are representatives?
people chosen to act or speak for others
people who keep secrets
people who fought in the Revolutionary War
people that never speak
2
What is a union?
a dangerous situation
joining together two or more
an important plan
the ability to settle a problem
3
What word is the
OPPOSITE
of debate?
discuss
agree
explain
argue
4
Why couldn't many people pay their taxes after the Revolutionary War?
They were poor
They wanted to get rich
They were selfish
They were greedy and didn't want to pay them
5
Why was it a good idea to have a governments with three branches of equal power?
so that they could help each other
so they could finish their jobs quickly
so they could solve problems quickly
so no branch would be be more powerful than the others
6
What are committees?
equipment needed to play sports
groups of people chosen to do certain work
reasons for doing something
events that led to Revolutionary War
7
What is "equal representation?"
when all states have the same number of votes
when the states can't vote at all
when the number of votes depends on the number of slaves
when all states have a different amount of votes
8
Which of the following plans introduced the "electoral college?"
Wilson's Plan
Connecticut's Plan
Virginia's Plan
New York's Plan
9
What is "proportional representation"
when all states have the same number of votes
when the number of votes depends on the state's population
when slaves were not allowed to vote
when slaves were allowed to vote
10
"One house gets equal representation and the other house gets proportional representation"?
The New England Compromise
The Maryland Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Magnificent Compromise
11
Which of the following words means the same as resolve?
distract
view
settle
research
12
What is a convention?
a formal meeting for a purpose
when you solve a problem for somebody
an important invention
a proposal of a plan that you have in mind
13
James Madison had a
proposal
to solve the state's problems
. What does the word proposal mean?
expectation
clue
recommendation
question
14
"a
condition
or
state of affairs
" defines which of the following words?
resolve
proposal
union
situation
