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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Ratification of the Constitution, Chapters 31-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did opponents to the suffrage limitation argue?
(a) That it was not right to allow uneducated people to vote.
(b) That universal suffrage would allow too many interests into politics.
(c) That the people could not be trusted to choose their leaders.
(d) That it was not fair to prevent so many people from participating in government.

2. What was the benefit of adopting the resolution that was ultimately adopted?
(a) It allowed the federal government to be effective.
(b) It created a need for a lot of inter-state lawsuits.
(c) It weakened the Articles of Confederation and gave the states more power.
(d) It resolved decades of inter-state tension.

3. What did James Wilson argue concerning the Constitution's provision for a standing army?
(a) He said that the executive would be closely reined in by the judiciary.
(b) He argued that without power to quarter troops, the army would not be a threat.
(c) He said that it was no different from under the Articles.
(d) He said that Congress would keep the army in line.

4. Who was DeWitt in reality?
(a) A New York Anti-Federalist.
(b) A Virginian Anti-Federalist.
(c) A Rhode Island Federalist.
(d) A Massachusetts Anti-Federalist.

5. What limitation did delegates try to place on suffrage?
(a) National origin restrictions.
(b) Literacy restrictions.
(c) Landowner restrictions.
(d) Race restrictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Wilson argue concerning the question of taxation?

2. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?

3. What was James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?

4. What reason did Alexander Hamilton give for ratification of the Constitution?

5. What did William Paterson offer the convention?

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