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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Massachusetts. The People Speak..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Amos Singletry opposed to the Constitution?
(a) He believes it prevents Maine from separating from Massachusetts.
(b) He believes it favors the lawyers and the elite at the expense of the less-educated and less-well-to-do farmers.
(c) He believes that Massachusetts loses too much power under a national government.
(d) He believes that it offers too much to the citizens of the Southern states.

2. What motion does Franklin propose on the final day of the Convention?
(a) A Bill of Rights is attached to the Constitution.
(b) Representation in Congress is changed from one for every 40,000 to 1 for every 30,000 people.
(c) The Constitution is ratified by Congress as it is written at the Convention.
(d) The Constitution is unanimously signed by states, not by individual delegates.

3. What do the Virginia delegates do before a quorum of states arrive?
(a) The delegates write 15 Resolves detailing a plan for government.
(b) The delegates meet with delegates from other states to establish a common ground.
(c) The delegates craft a new Constitution for the United States.
(d) The delegates draft 15 Articles of Confederation detailing a plan for government.

4. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Gerry.
(c) Madison.
(d) King.

5. Who is Edmund Randolph?
(a) Governor of New Jersey.
(b) Governor of New Hampshire.
(c) Governor of Virginia.
(d) Governor of New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate writes and publishes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?

2. In Chapter Eight, what startling statement is attributed to Franklin?

3. Which state has the largest delegation present at the end of the Convention?

4. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?

5. What is the outcome of the vote over the New Jersey plan?

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