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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the Convention meet?
2. What is the significance of May 25th?
3. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?
4. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
5. What convenience is just becoming fashionable at the time of the Convention?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Patrick Henry and Sam Adams absent from the Convention?
2. How does the report of the Annapolis Commission lead to the meeting of the Convention?
3. What is the relationship between France and America during the period of the Convention?
4. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?
5. Why is there an argument over the issue of a single executive?
6. What are considered to be the disadvantages to having a single executive?
7. What characteristic and accomplishments make Rufus King the most impressive of the delegates from Massachusetts?
8. What is Alexander Hamilton's role in the events leading up to the 1787 Convention?
9. Why does Washington call sovereignty a "monster"?
10. What does James Wilson mean by his statement that Federal liberty is to states what civil liberty is to individuals?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bowen's book is titled "Miracle at Philadelphia", where the "miracle" is the ultimate appearance of the Constitution itself. However, throughout the book, she provides several examples of smaller miracles, significant decisions that lead to the final drafting of the Constitution. Choose three (3) significant decisions that you consider to be miracles and describe the conflict and the outcome, demonstrating how the resolution of the conflict is a miracle.
Essay Topic 2
By 1787, there are some distinctions between the viewpoints of Northern and Southern states. Identify three (3) issues where there are regional differences. Write a well-crafted essay that presents the regional perspectives on each each issue, identifying specific delegates and states if possible.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, Bowen notes the importance of the written word for the delegates and for the final ratification of the Constitution. In a well-crafted essay, discuss the way writing is used to construct and present arguments about government and the Constitution before, during, and after the Convention.
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