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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What power was missing from the Articles?
(a) The power to amend the Articles.
(b) The power to regulate foreign trade.
(c) The power to conduct war.
(d) Executive power.

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

3. What reason did delegates give for Senators being elected in state legislatures?
(a) They would therefore be men of character.
(b) They would have the contacts they needed within the state.
(c) They would already know the laws.
(d) They would therefore be essentially promoted from within.

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

5. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?
(a) He proposed that all government positions should be elected.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) At least one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Mr. Mason give for the view he presented at the convention?

2. What were Americans and Britons discussing a great deal during the 1770s?

3. What was the dominant fear about the executive?

4. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

5. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

(see the answer key)

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