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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Jersey Plan. Alexander Hamilton Makes his Speech. June 15-19..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shay's Rebellion?
(a) A movement by Southern farmers to keep slavery in their states.
(b) A rebellion by the colonists against the British rulers.
(c) A revolt by farmers in Western Massachusetts angered over taxation by leaders in Boston.
(d) A movement by the Massachusetts delegation to prevent the writing of a Constitution.

2. Which delegate is the oldest?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) George Washington.
(d) James Madison.

3. In Chapter Eight, what startling statement is attributed to Franklin?
(a) That blacks remain property in the South.
(b) That suffrage in the House is according to the free population of a state.
(c) That he is not opposed to giving part of Pennsylvania to New Jersey or Delaware to make the states more equal in size.
(d) That each state has one vote in the Senate.

4. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?
(a) The motion that the national legislature should have two branches.
(b) The motion that the President should be elected by popular vote.
(c) The motion that the national legislature should have three branches.
(d) The motion that the President should be elected for life.

5. Why is no argument made against Hamilton's speech?
(a) It appropriately addresses all of the concerns of the delegates.
(b) It is so extreme that no appropriate response or rebuttal is given.
(c) The delegates agree with the clarity of his thinking.
(d) It is so vague that the delegates do not understand what he intends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?

2. Who writes the Virginia Act approving a Federal Convention?

3. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?

4. In Chapter Six, the Convention delegates decide the members of the National Senate are to be chosen by which procedure?

5. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is described as being aware of the importance and significance of the Convention and its business?

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