Which Statement Concerning the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention Is

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?

• A) They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states.
• B) They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.
• C) They were predominantly America's "elder statesmen," the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.
• D) They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook.
• E) They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.

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