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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?
(a) Are states allowed to engage in trade with Europe?
(b) Do states elect their Senators through a popular vote?
(c) Are additional states allowed into the Union?
(d) Do states have an equal vote in the Senate?

2. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?
(a) No veto power.
(b) Veto power subject to overrule by 2/3 of Congress.
(c) Absolute veto power.
(d) Veto power subject to overrule by 1/2 of Congress.

3. Which "firebrands" of the American Revolution are absent from the Convention?
(a) George Washington and Patrick Henry.
(b) Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Sam Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Patrick Henry and Sam Adams.

4. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Two branches of legislature.
(b) The executive is removed by impeachment.
(c) There is a single executive.
(d) Creation of a single legislative chamber where states vote equally, regardless of size or wealth.

5. Who writes the Virginia Act approving a Federal Convention?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Robert Morris.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate is elected chairman of the Committee of the Whole?

2. Who is Robert Morris?

3. What reason does Mason give as Hamilton's reason for leaving the Convention?

4. Why is no argument made against Hamilton's speech?

5. What forms the basis of the Convention's procedure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Washington call sovereignty a "monster"?

2. What characteristic and accomplishments make Rufus King the most impressive of the delegates from Massachusetts?

3. What do the delegates do when the Convention is not in session?

4. Why is it significant that the Constitution ultimately requires no property qualifications for those who govern the country?

5. What evidence does Bowen provide to show that the Convention delegates do not intend to reform society, but to create a government for society as it existed?

6. What kind of reception does John Adams receive in England?

7. What is New York City like in 1787?

8. What are the "original principles" according to the delegates?

9. What are Lansing's arguments in favor of the New Jersey Plan?

10. Under the Articles of Confederation, what are some of the weaknesses of government?

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