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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?
2. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?
3. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?
4. What was the dominant fear about the executive?
5. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did delegates object to in the Virginia Plan?
2. How did Congress vote on the question of whether Congress should have the ability to veto state laws that violate national laws?
3. What was the Great Compromise?
4. What paradox does James Madison articulate about the need for a strong federal government?
5. How was the New Jersey Plan an alternative to the Virginia Plan?
6. Which delegates took positions on the term and election of the federal executive and what were their positions?
7. What were some positions delegates took on the New Jersey Plan?
8. What was an argument for electing Senators in state legislatures?
9. Describe George Mason's speech regarding the question of a single or plural executive.
10. What did delegates fear in the federal government's ability to veto state laws?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is articulating the Anti-Federalist platform today? Compare and contrast Anti-Federalists today and Anti-Federalists of the 1780s.
Essay Topic 2
Delegates and other leaders published articles for and against ratification after the Constitutional Convention, and they used pen names that were often shared between authors. Why did delegates use pen names, and how was the debate affected by authors hiding themselves behind pseudonyms?
Essay Topic 3
How did the Constitutional Convention establish a strong federal government? Discuss three issues as evidence of the Constitutional Convention's centralization of power in the federal government.
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