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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. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?
(a) Too little representation in government.
(b) Too much foreign influence.
(c) Too much democracy.
(d) Too little religion.

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

3. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?
(a) Laissez-faire economic policy.
(b) The importance of a strong central government.
(c) Government by consent.
(d) The rights of a king.

4. What position did "Publius" advocate?
(a) Defending the new Constitution.
(b) Arguing against ratification of the Constitution.
(c) Attacking the new Constitution.
(d) Proposing an alternative to the Constitution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What power was missing from the Articles?

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

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

4. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

5. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?

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