Test Your Knowledge of the U.S. Constitution

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# wrong text: Sorry, that's incorrect. # right text: That's correct! # social text incomplete: How much do you know about one of our nation’s founding documents? Test yourself and share your results. # social text complete: How much do you know about one of our nation’s founding documents? I took the quiz and got a {score} out of {total_questions} correct! Test yourself and share your results. ? Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”? - Benjamin Franklin - George Washington - George Mason + James Madison ! James Madison is known as the “Father of the Constitution” because so many of his ideas made it into the final document. (Learn more) ? Which of the following framers of the Constitution later became president? - Samuel Adams + James Madison - Alexander Hamilton - Robert Morris ! James Madison became the fourth president of the United States in 1809. The only other constitutional framer to become president was George Washington. (Learn more) ? Which of the 13 original states did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787? + Rhode Island - Vermont - Georgia - Ohio ! In America’s early years, Rhode Island acquired the nickname “Rogue Island” for its opposition to a powerful federal government and refusal to attend the Constitutional Convention, where the new national government would be organized. It took three years for the Rhode Island Legislature to finally approve the Constitution and join the new union in 1790, making it the last of the 13 original states to do so. (Learn more) ? Three delegates declined to sign the Constitution. Why? - They wanted it to be ratified by the states first. + They thought it should include protections of individual rights. - They had a personal disagreement with George Washington. - They felt that it gave the states too much power. ! Delegates George Mason, Edmund Randolph, and Elbridge Gerry refused to sign the Constitution because they thought it didn’t do enough to protect state power and guarantee individual rights. They wanted the Constitution to include a bill of rights that would secure civil liberties, guarantee trial by jury, and ensure freedom of the press. (Learn more) ? The Constitution was written and signed at the Philadelphia Convention on Sept. 17, 1787, but to become law, it needed to be ratified by at least nine states. How long did this process take? + 10 months - 3 years - 90 days - 14 months ! After the Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787, each state formed its own ratification convention to discuss, debate, and vote on whether to ratify the new Constitution. It took 10 months for the Constitution to be ratified by the first nine states: Delaware was the first to ratify on Dec. 7, 1787, and New Hampshire became the ninth when it ratified the document on June 21, 1788. (Learn more) ? When it was ratified in 1788, which document did the Constitution replace? - The Declaration of Independence - The Mayflower Compact + The Articles of Confederation - The Federal Charter of Freedom ! Written in 1777 and ratified by all 13 states by 1781, the Articles of Confederation established a national government of the United States after its break from Great Britain. It created a limited central government with most governing power held by the states. Problems arose when it became clear that the new national government had no authority to enforce laws states chose to ignore and no ability to defend its new borders. To address these issues, the Philadelphia Convention met in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead delegates created an entirely new document — the Constitution of the United States. (Learn more) ? How many articles does the Constitution contain? - 12 - 27 + 7 - 11 ! The Constitution contains a preamble (or introduction), seven main articles, and a closing statement. (Learn more)