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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the delegates debating in Chapter 3?
(a) The appointment of judges.
(b) The election of the President.
(c) The election of Senators.
(d) The election of the House of Representatives.

3. Alexander Hamilton gave a speech that expressed what value?
(a) The value of a strong federal government.
(b) The value of low tariffs.
(c) The value of independent states.
(d) The value of abolishing slavery.

4. How did the New Jersey Plan resolve the question of the relationship of state laws to federal laws?
(a) State laws could still take precedence.
(b) Congressional laws were still the law of the land.
(c) It gave the states priority in matters of trade, but the federal government priority in military matters.
(d) The Supreme Court would decide on a state-by-state basis which laws took precedence.

5. What did Mr. Paterson argue about the New Jersey Plan?
(a) That it made the federal government too independent.
(b) That it did not give the executive too much power.
(c) That it did not protect the states enough.
(d) That it diminished the power of the states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were opponents of the resolution that was ultimately adopted afraid of?

2. What did William Paterson offer the convention?

3. What did George Mason argue in the debate of June 4?

4. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

5. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?

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