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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mr. Wilson's feeling about the compromise?
(a) He felt that elections were not accurate indications of the country's needs.
(b) He felt that popular participation would weaken government.
(c) He felt that appointed leaders were better suited for the work of governing.
(d) He felt that majority rule alone could legitimize government.

2. What was James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?
(a) Revision of the Constitution.
(b) Judiciary oversight of the executive.
(c) Ratification of the Constitution.
(d) States rights.

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

4. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?
(a) The House of Representatives would be counter-balanced.
(b) The government would be composed of professional politicians.
(c) The state legislatures would thereby gain power against the federal government.
(d) The states would therefore have an interest in preserving the federal government.

5. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?
(a) The Great Compromise.
(b) The New Jersey Plan.
(c) Articles of Confederation.
(d) The Virginia Plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject were the delegates debating in Chapter 6?

2. What plan did James Madison favor?

3. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?

4. How many delegates signed the Constitution?

5. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?

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