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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 reason did Alexander Hamilton give for ratification of the Constitution?
(a) Good government cannot compete with subordinate governments.
(b) Good government needs to be energetic.
(c) Good government needs to be deliberative.
(d) Good government needs to be representative.

2. What position was James Wilson asked to take in the Constitutional debate?
(a) He was asked to argue for additions to the Constitution.
(b) He was asked to promote revisions of the Constitution.
(c) He was asked to attack opponents of the Constitution.
(d) He was asked to defend the Constitution.

3. What did Madison advocate concerning the election or appointment of the executive?
(a) Appointment by an electoral college would be best.
(b) Election by the people would hurt the public interest.
(c) Election by Congress would hurt the public interest.
(d) Appointment by the Supreme Court would be best.

4. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?
(a) Expansion.
(b) Exports.
(c) Imports.
(d) State-to-state trade.

5. What was Mr. Mason's fear about the Constitution as it was then drafted?
(a) He feared that his constituents would not ratify the draft.
(b) He feared that Congress did not have enough power to check the executive.
(c) He wanted a bill of rights.
(d) He objected to the three-fifths compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What imbalance gave James Madison cause for worry about ratification in the states?

2. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

3. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

4. What compromise did Mr. Gerry want to reject regarding the ratification of the Constitution?

5. What was Mr. Wilson's feeling about the compromise?

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