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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?
(a) Ralph Ketcham.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Sacvan Bercovitch.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. What compromise did this body propose, between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Missouri entered the union as a free state, and Texas as a slave state.
(b) State representation in the upper house, and representation by person in the lower house.
(c) The government would maintain a standing army, but not a big one.
(d) Supreme Court Judges would be appointed by the executive, but the Congress could override the appointment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Madison support?

2. What did Gouverneur Morris argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

3. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?

4. What did the delegates argue concerning the question of whether the judiciary should be associated with the executive?

5. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?

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