Fathers & Framers
This "Father of the Constitution" arrived early in Philadelphia with a blueprint for a new government.
Who is James Madison?
The Constitutional Convention took place in this Pennsylvania city.
What is Philadelphia?
The original Constitution contains approximately this many words.
What is 4,400?
This group of amendments was added largely because states demanded protections for individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This misspelled state name appears above the signers' names in the Constitution?
What is "Pensylvania"?
This famous inventor and statesman was the oldest person to sign the Constitution at age 81.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This compromise created proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
The original engrossed Constitution of the United States is written on this many pages of parchment.
What is four?
The Constitution originally did NOT mention this word until the 13th Amendment abolished it in 1865.
What is slavery?
The Constitution has been displayed since 1952 in this Washington, DC building.
What is the National Archives?
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
The delegates debated for this many hours each day during the convention.
What is 5 hours?
This many delegates signed the Constitution.
What is 39?
This amendment ended the longest period in U.S. history without any constitutional changes.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Benjamin Franklin famously replied with this type of government when asked what the Convention had created: "A __________, madam, if you can keep it."
What is a republic?
Who is Patrick Henry?
This state was the only one not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
It took this many days to write the Constitution.
What is 100 days?
Despite popular assumptions, this word never appears in the Constitution.
What is democracy?
The Constitution is protected in cases filled with this gas.
What is argon gas?
This delegate was largely responsible for the final wording and style of the Constitution.
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
The Constitutional Convention originally met to revise this earlier governing document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Including the amendments, the Constitution contains this many words.
What is 7,591?
This system for choosing presidents survived despite hundreds of proposed amendments to change it.
What is the Electoral College?
This title was proposed for the president before settling on "President of the United States."
What is "His Highness the President of the United States of America and Protector of their Liberties"?