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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tariffs low indefinitely.
(c) The South wanted the Constitution not to regulate trade at all.
(d) The South wanted the Constitution to keep Congress from restricting trade.

2. What would happen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?
(a) Men who needed money would be liable to be influenced by special interests.
(b) The government would consist solely of landed gentry.
(c) Legislators would have to have wealthy patrons.
(d) Men who lusted for power and money would not run for office.

3. Who was particularly concerned about the Virginia Plan?
(a) Large states.
(b) Southern states.
(c) Small states.
(d) Populous states.

4. What did Mr. Sherman argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?
(a) Long terms allow leaders to learn on the job.
(b) Short terms allow bad rulers to be removed.
(c) Short terms create perpetual campaigns.
(d) Long terms will preserve continuity in government.

5. What did James Madison argue with relation to the New Jersey Plan?
(a) It cannot support itself with tax revenue.
(b) It cannot settle arguments between the states.
(c) It will give too much power to small states.
(d) It will not protect small states from bigger states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?

2. What kind of representation did James Madison advocate?

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

4. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?

5. What subject were the delegates debating in Chapter 6?

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