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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did James Madison argue with relation to the New Jersey Plan?
(a) It will give too much power to small states.
(b) It will not protect small states from bigger states.
(c) It cannot settle arguments between the states.
(d) It cannot support itself with tax revenue.

2. What was Mr. Wilson's feeling about the compromise?
(a) He felt that popular participation would weaken government.
(b) He felt that appointed leaders were better suited for the work of governing.
(c) He felt that elections were not accurate indications of the country's needs.
(d) He felt that majority rule alone could legitimize government.

3. Where on the political spectrum were Alexander Hamilton's opinions?
(a) Closer to republicanism than democracy.
(b) Closer to anarchy than democracy.
(c) Closer to democracy than republicanism.
(d) Closer to monarchy than democracy.

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

5. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?
(a) It would dissipate federal power among the states.
(b) It would over-represent the small states.
(c) It would give too much power to large states.
(d) It would create a plutocracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?

3. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

4. What did Mr. Sherman argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

5. What was the benefit of adopting the resolution that was ultimately adopted?

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