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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 was the objection to democracy at the constitutional convention?
(a) The threat of mob rule.
(b) The danger of foreign influence.
(c) The threat of concentrated executive power.
(d) The problems with devising a scheme of representation.

2. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?
(a) As a duty.
(b) As a privilege.
(c) As an entitlement.
(d) As a stepping stone.

3. What was the Great Compromise?
(a) Bring Texas into the union as a slave state, and Missouri as free.
(b) A bicameral legislature.
(c) Appoint judges for life, but allow them to be impeached.
(d) The creation of the Electoral College.

4. What happened to the motion not to give government officers salaries?
(a) It was tabled to be voted on later.
(b) It was rejected as too aristocratic.
(c) It was killed in committee.
(d) It was rejected as impractical.

5. What did delegates suggest would happen if state legislatures chose Representatives for the House?
(a) The states would acquire too much power.
(b) State and federal powers would balance.
(c) The government would not be legitimate.
(d) The people would revolt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Madison support?

2. What reason did delegates give for Senators being elected in state legislatures?

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

4. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?

5. What did Madison argue for in his letter to George Washington?

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