The Anti-Federalist Papers; and, the Constitutional Convention Debates Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Anti-Federalist Papers; and, the Constitutional Convention Debates Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What was James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?

2. What threat did Mr. Pinckney make if Congress has power to restrict the slave trade?

3. What argument did James Madison make concerning the fear of a centralized government?

4. Which committee recommendation did not make it into the Constitution?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who objected to the Constitution and why did they object?

2. What was added to the draft of the Constitution?

3. What did "Brutus" argue concerning standing armies?

4. What was DeWitt's position on ratification?

5. What was dropped from the draft of the Constitution?

6. What was John DeWitt's argument regarding the will of the people?

7. What did Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island recommend after their ratification conventions?

8. How did the signing of the Constitution go?

9. What were the "Federal Farmer's" arguments regarding ratification?

10. What was the Constitutional Convention's debate over the slave trade, and how was it resolved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were populous states and small states treated differently by the Constitutional Convention? What issues divided them, and how did they balance their interests in the national government?

Essay Topic 2

How did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention ensure separation of powers? What measures within the ratified Constitution created the checks and balances that would ensure separation of powers?

Essay Topic 3

The Great Compromise created the bicameral legislature. How else did the practice of compromise affect the drafting and ratification of the Constitution? What issues were ultimately compromised on? What issues were not?

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