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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fear kept the delegates from approving the Constitution draft and going home?
(a) Fear that slavery will divide the nation.
(b) Fear that the federal government has too much power.
(c) Fear that the states are conspiring against the federal government.
(d) Fear that Britain will ally with Spain against America.

2. Which form of government includes direct voting by the people?
(a) Representative democracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Constitutional monarchy.

3. What did Mr. Sherman argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?
(a) Long terms allow leaders to learn on the job.
(b) Short terms allow bad rulers to be removed.
(c) Short terms create perpetual campaigns.
(d) Long terms will preserve continuity in government.

4. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?
(a) Too little representation in government.
(b) Too much foreign influence.
(c) Too much democracy.
(d) Too little religion.

5. What did Madison and Jefferson want to do about judges?
(a) Review their judgments in the Congress.
(b) Allow them independence in their rulings.
(c) Subject them to elections.
(d) Protect them from popular politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Benjamin Franklin interpret the symbol on the President's chair?

2. What was the dominant fear about the executive?

3. What did Madison argue for in his letter to George Washington?

4. What reason did delegates give for Senators being elected in state legislatures?

5. Where else did the question of proposing limitations arise, besides the debate over suffrage?

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