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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 Mr. Mason support at the convention?
(a) Election by the people.
(b) Election by state legislatures.
(c) Appointment by the President.
(d) Election of Senators by Senators.

2. What was cut out when the Constitutional Convention doted down part of the Virginia Plan?
(a) Congress's ability to regulate interstate trade.
(b) Congress's ability to impose state taxes.
(c) Congress's ability to vote down state laws.
(d) Congress's ability to declare war.

3. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?
(a) Discard them.
(b) Fix their flaws.
(c) Ratify them in Virginia.
(d) Extend their authority for another ten years.

4. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?
(a) The South wanted the Constitution to let Congress set tariffs with a simple majority vote.
(b) The South wanted the Constitution to keep Congress from restricting trade.
(c) The South wanted the Constitution to keep tariffs low indefinitely.
(d) The South wanted the Constitution not to regulate trade at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

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

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

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