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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate argue that restrictions on the citizenship of legislators are left for Congress to decide?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) Robert Morris.

2. Why does Franklin believe foreign-born citizens are allowed to serve in Congress?
(a) Their knowledge of commerce and trade in Europe helps a new government.
(b) Foreign-born citizens are more likely to support a national government.
(c) Those who live elsewhere have more life experience to share.
(d) Their choice to live in America indicates a depth of attachment to and affection for the country.

3. What is the result of the Great Compromise?
(a) Every state is able to participate in the National legislature.
(b) Every state has two Senators.
(c) Every state is able to choose their own representation.
(d) Every state is able to abolish slavery.

4. According to Edmund Randolph, what is the purpose of a preamble?
(a) To answer questions of law.
(b) To demonstrate equality and democracy.
(c) To guarantee equal access to Congress.
(d) To designate the ends of government and human politics.

5. In the events presented in Chapter 18, what patriotic measure does George Mason introduce?
(a) The establishment of a national flag.
(b) An oath of allegiance to the new government.
(c) The right of all citizens to vote for the chief executive.
(d) The encouragement of native manufacturers though sumptuary laws.

6. What does the term "American" mean to William Priest?
(a) Any person living in the New World.
(b) An Indian or one of the New World "aborigines".
(c) Someone who pledges to support the new government.
(d) A white man descends from a native of Europe.

7. Which member of the Committee of Style and Arrangement is said to be unequaled as an orator?
(a) Elbridge Gerry.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) William Samuel Johnson.
(d) Edmund Randolph.

8. Why is a permanent location for the new government more important than it is for the old government?
(a) To provide a distinction from the old government, where Congress moves from city to city.
(b) Because the new President wants a permanent home.
(c) To alleviate sectional differences, since Southern congressmen feel uncomfortable in the North.
(d) There are more congressmen, including those from the interior of the country, and there needs to be a consistency for travel purposes.

9. What is the federal ratio?
(a) The distance needed between the seat of federal government and any state or local government.
(b) The number of Congressional delegates needed to override a Presidential veto.
(c) The number of property owners needed to grant statehood to an area of the Western Territory.
(d) The ratio used to determine how many slaves are equivalent to one free white citizen.

10. Which basic proposition is common to the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the Report of the Committee of Detail?
(a) Proportional representation for each state by size of state-owned land.
(b) The method of determining who is chief executive.
(c) A government in three parts: executive, legislative, judicial.
(d) Length of residency for Congress members.

11. Which delegate moves to postpone the vote on ratification?
(a) Rufus King.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Governor Morris.

12. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?
(a) The distance between cities.
(b) The accents of the Southern citizens.
(c) The slave quarters at Mount Vernon.
(d) The clothing worn by the women.

13. Which state has only one delegate sign the Constitution?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

14. Which delegate is president of the Illinois-Wabash Land Company?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) Manasseh Cutler.
(d) George Washington.

15. What does Bowen describe as Madison's strength?
(a) His ability to write historical documents.
(b) His knowledge of human nature.
(c) His oratory ability.
(d) His knowledge of political science, governments, and constitutions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it necessary for the Western Territories to have an ocean port?

2. Which delegate signs the letter to Congress as a representative of all Convention delegates?

3. Why is Amos Singletry opposed to the Constitution?

4. Which article, in the document presented by the Committee of Detail, alarms the Maryland delegates?

5. Why are Philadelphia's artisans and mechanics in favor of the Constitution?

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