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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat did Mr. Pinckney make if Congress has power to restrict the slave trade?
(a) To withhold ratification.
(b) To march on Washington.
(c) To secede.
(d) To filibuster.

2. What thoughts did Mr. Madison express on the topic of elections during debate at the convention?
(a) He said that elections are a step in dissolving government.
(b) He said that elections are essential for free government.
(c) He said that elections could be bought too easily to be trusted.
(d) He said that elections are too important to trust to the people.

3. Where should budget bills start, according to the compromise?
(a) In the Supreme Court.
(b) In the House of Representatives.
(c) In the executive.
(d) In the Senate.

4. What power was missing from the Articles?
(a) The power to conduct war.
(b) The power to amend the Articles.
(c) Executive power.
(d) The power to regulate foreign trade.

5. What compromise did the Northeast states reach with Georgia and South Carolina over slavery?
(a) Northern states will regulate slavery if southern states will have lower tariffs on exported raw materials.
(b) That northern states will legalize slavery if southern states will prohibit importation of slaves.
(c) New England would not restrict slavery if the southern states will not require 2/3 majority to pass commercial restrictions.
(d) That northern states will not regulate slavery for fifty years, if southern states will abolish it themselves in that time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which bodies were the delegates considering as electors of Representatives in the House?

2. What must the government use its power to protect the people from, in James Madison's opinion?

3. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

4. What kind of rulers did James Madison believe the country needed?

5. Where did James Madison argue government legitimacy came from?

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