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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Committee of Detail?
(a) To put Convention resolves, amendments, and suggestions into a workable document.
(b) To offer suggestions about issues that are not yet considered.
(c) To publish the final proceedings of the Convention in a format everyone understands.
(d) To keep a clear record of all the votes on the issues.

2. Who founded the Ohio Company and sells shares to congressmen?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Manasseh Cutler.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

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

4. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Deer and wild life.
(c) Poverty among white men.
(d) Forests and trees.

5. Oliver Ellsworth argues that which state should ratify the Constitution or risk being overtaken by New York?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the first state to ratify the Constitution?

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

3. Where does the Constitution go after it is signed in Philadelphia?

4. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?

5. Why does Madison oppose the popular election of the President?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the insertion of the phrase "We the People of the United States" considered to be both a bold move and a smart decision?

2. Why is it difficult for the delegates to define treason?

3. What arguments do the Anti-federalists use in their opposition to the Constitution?

4. What is the difference between the British and American views of the farmer during the eighteenth century?

5. Why aren't the delegates upset by the idea of a monarchy as a form of government?

6. Why does Randolph decline to sign the Constitution?

7. What are the differences between living conditions along the Atlantic coastline and in the interior country or back land?

8. Why are test oaths an issue for the delegates?

9. Why is the Northwest Ordinance called the third great document of American history?

10. Why is ratification an important issue?

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