The Ratification Debate UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
When was a state obligated to follow the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER- IT NOT
after a majority of states had ratified it/ after all the states had ratified it
After nine states had ratified the Constitution by mid-1788, - CORRECT ANSWER- none of
the states had to obey it.
In 1787, the fate of the Constitution was in the hands of - CORRECT ANSWER- the
American people.
The "Federalist Papers" mainly argued that the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER- should
be changed so enslaved people would not be counted in the population./ should give more
power to the states to check the power of the federal government.
What was the Federalists' argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the
Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER- A separate bill of rights be might used later to free
enslaved people./ A separate bill of rights was unnecessary because the new government
would have limited power.
When the Constitution first became law in 1788, - CORRECT ANSWER- IT IS New York
and Virginia had not ratified it.
The Federalists favored the Constitution as the basis of a new government because they -
CORRECT ANSWER- wanted a strong central government./ thought the federal government
should remain weak.
Read this quotation.
Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it,
as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the
chief blessings of civil society.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
When was a state obligated to follow the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER- IT NOT
after a majority of states had ratified it/ after all the states had ratified it
After nine states had ratified the Constitution by mid-1788, - CORRECT ANSWER- none of
the states had to obey it.
In 1787, the fate of the Constitution was in the hands of - CORRECT ANSWER- the
American people.
The "Federalist Papers" mainly argued that the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER- should
be changed so enslaved people would not be counted in the population./ should give more
power to the states to check the power of the federal government.
What was the Federalists' argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the
Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER- A separate bill of rights be might used later to free
enslaved people./ A separate bill of rights was unnecessary because the new government
would have limited power.
When the Constitution first became law in 1788, - CORRECT ANSWER- IT IS New York
and Virginia had not ratified it.
The Federalists favored the Constitution as the basis of a new government because they -
CORRECT ANSWER- wanted a strong central government./ thought the federal government
should remain weak.
Read this quotation.
Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it,
as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the
chief blessings of civil society.
