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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreigners in Congress. The Ten Miles Square..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Committee of Detail present to the Convention on August 6th?
(a) An amended version of the Virginia Plan.
(b) A final draft of the Constitution.
(c) A revision of the Great Compromise.
(d) An amended version of the New Jersey Plan.

3. What is the delegates' decision regarding the location of a fixed seat for the national government?
(a) Government continues moving between major Eastern cities.
(b) The first President chooses where government is located.
(c) A new area, known as Washington, is created.
(d) The decision is left to Congress.

4. Who writes the Virginia Act approving a Federal Convention?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Robert Morris.
(c) George Washington.
(d) James Madison.

5. In Chapter 10, the delegates vote that senators are chosen by whom?
(a) Members of Congress.
(b) The Chief Executive.
(c) Citizens in a popular vote.
(d) State legislatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate wishes to establish a national university supported by Congress?

2. Why is Pierce Butler opposed to foreigners without a long residence in America being elected to Congress?

3. A motion on which issue opens the discussion on June 20th?

4. What sound is prevalent in Philadelphia during the Convention?

5. When they arrive, what is the most immediate problem for convention delegates?

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