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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Federal Convention of 1787, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?
(a) At least one.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) He proposed that all government positions should be elected.

2. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?
(a) He believed in a strong democracy.
(b) He believed that people could be trusted with self-governance.
(c) He believed that small states needed equal representation.
(d) He believed that the populace could be misled.

3. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?
(a) Representative democracy.
(b) Constitutional monarchy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Empire.

4. What did Madison argue for in his letter to George Washington?
(a) The supremacy of national laws over states' laws.
(b) Independence of states to make laws.
(c) Restraints against a supreme national legislature.
(d) Independence of states to coin money.

5. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?
(a) The South wanted the Constitution to let Congress set tariffs with a simple majority vote.
(b) The South wanted the Constitution to keep Congress from restricting trade.
(c) The South wanted the Constitution not to regulate trade at all.
(d) The South wanted the Constitution to keep tariffs low indefinitely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?

2. What did Randolph argue at the convention?

3. What thoughts did Mr. Wilson express at the convention?

4. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

5. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?

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