Q 01/05

In which building did the delegates meet to draft the Constitution in the summer of 1787?

A) Independence Hall, Philadelphia

B) Federal Hall, New York

C) Faneuil Hall, Boston

D) The State House, Annapolis

Answer · why

A) Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, was then the Pennsylvania State House, and the delegates met there in secret, with no reporters or visitors allowed.

Q 02/05

Which delegate who refused to sign lent his name to rigged maps?

A) Rufus King

B) Elbridge Gerry

C) Nathaniel Gorham

D) Caleb Strong

Answer · why

B) Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry: an 1812 Boston Gazette cartoon turned a district drawn under his administration into a salamander, the 'Gerry-mander', and in 1813 he ...

Q 03/05

The Constitution forbids the federal government from granting what?

A) Patents for inventions

B) Pardons

C) Titles of nobility

D) Letters of marque

Answer · why

C) Titles of nobility

Titles of nobility: in 1810 Congress even sent the states an amendment stripping citizenship from anyone who accepted a foreign title, but it was neve...

Q 04/05

What collective name is given to the first ten amendments?

A) The Declaration of Rights

B) The Bill of Rights

C) The Articles of Freedom

D) The Charter of Liberties

Answer · why

B) The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights grew from a bargain: Massachusetts ratified only after Federalists agreed to recommend amendments protecting individual rights.

Q 05/05

The Constitution superseded which earlier framework of national government on March 4, 1789?

A) The Albany Plan of Union

B) The Mayflower Compact

C) The Northwest Ordinance

D) The Articles of Confederation

Answer · why

D) The Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation let Congress only request money, and the states regularly failed or refused to pay what they were asked.