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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 thoughts did Mr. Madison express on the topic of elections during debate at the convention?
(a) He said that elections are too important to trust to the people.
(b) He said that elections could be bought too easily to be trusted.
(c) He said that elections are essential for free government.
(d) He said that elections are a step in dissolving government.

2. Why did Mr. Wilson prefer the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Because it centralized power in the executive.
(b) Because it provided multiple legislative houses.
(c) Because it protected America from European influence.
(d) Because it provided for a standing army.

3. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?
(a) As a stepping stone.
(b) As an entitlement.
(c) As a duty.
(d) As a privilege.

4. What was cut out when the Constitutional Convention doted down part of the Virginia Plan?
(a) Congress's ability to impose state taxes.
(b) Congress's ability to declare war.
(c) Congress's ability to vote down state laws.
(d) Congress's ability to regulate interstate trade.

5. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The Virginia Plan.
(b) The Missouri Compromise.
(c) The New Jersey Plan.
(d) The Great Compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mr. Sherman say election should take place?

2. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?

3. What did delegates debate on June 6?

4. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?

5. What did Madison say the country needed, in his letter to George Washington?

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