This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Western Territory, the Land Companies and the Northwest Ordinance. Manasseh Cutler..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Six, the Convention delegates decide the members of the National Senate are to be chosen by which procedure?
(a) Appointment by state legislatures.
(b) Appointment by the Chief Executive.
(c) Election by popular vote.
(d) Election by current members of the Congress.

2. In 1787, which state is not participating in the Union?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Vermont.

3. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?
(a) The delegates associate poverty with laziness.
(b) The delegates are concerned that European countries realize the states need assistance in paying off their debts.
(c) The delegates believe that the indigent population rebels against their decisions at any moment.
(d) The delegates are fearful of becoming poor themselves.

4. What is important about the reading of state credentials?
(a) The state credentials reveal signs of the way the states are thinking at the start of the discussion.
(b) Reading the state credentials give everyone a chance to get used to the regional differences in speech and accent.
(c) The state credentials allow the delegates to introduce themselves, because they are all strangers.
(d) Reading the state credentials make the actions legal under the Articles of Confederation.

5. Which delegate elegantly rebuts Paterson's defense of the New Jersey plan?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) James Wilson.