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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the delegates' intentions when they argued for election of Senators from state legislatures?
(a) Creating a check against popular democracy.
(b) Raising the Senate above popular opinion.
(c) Insulating the federal government from individuals in the states.
(d) Improving upon the process by which the people were represented.

2. What reason did delegates give for Senators being elected in state legislatures?
(a) They would have the contacts they needed within the state.
(b) They would therefore be men of character.
(c) They would therefore be essentially promoted from within.
(d) They would already know the laws.

3. What did Randolph argue at the convention?
(a) That the Articles of Confederation were sufficient.
(b) That the government needs to be strong to serve its purposes.
(c) That the Constitution would need to stress diplomacy with foreign nations.
(d) That the states should be trusted with managing their own affairs.

4. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?
(a) That there was too much power in the federal government.
(b) That representation could have been earned without warfare.
(c) That mercantile colonialism had been a working model before the revolution.
(d) That the federal executive was too weak.

5. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?
(a) Whether state laws could govern inter-state trade.
(b) Whether state laws could set precedent for federal laws.
(c) Whether the federal government could control state laws.
(d) Whether the states could allow the death penalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the motion not to give government officers salaries?

2. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

3. Which form of government includes direct voting by the people?

4. Why did Mr. Wilson prefer the New Jersey Plan?

5. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?

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