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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Federal Convention of 1787, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did James Madison support?
(a) A strong federal government.
(b) Strong state governments.
(c) A system of checks and balances.
(d) A government of businesses.

2. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?
(a) He believed that people could be trusted with self-governance.
(b) He believed that small states needed equal representation.
(c) He believed in a strong democracy.
(d) He believed that the populace could be misled.

3. What did Randolph argue at the convention?
(a) That the government needs to be strong to serve its purposes.
(b) That the states should be trusted with managing their own affairs.
(c) That the Constitution would need to stress diplomacy with foreign nations.
(d) That the Articles of Confederation were sufficient.

4. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?
(a) Republic.
(b) Representative democracy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Constitutional monarchy.

5. What did Madison stress in his letter to George Washington?
(a) The need for representation by state and region.
(b) The need for high taxes to pay for federal army and government.
(c) The need for representation by population.
(d) The need for restraints on popular sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?

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

3. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?

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

5. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?

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