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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the benefit of adopting the resolution that was ultimately adopted?
(a) It created a need for a lot of inter-state lawsuits.
(b) It weakened the Articles of Confederation and gave the states more power.
(c) It resolved decades of inter-state tension.
(d) It allowed the federal government to be effective.

3. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) The theory of free trade and open markets.
(b) The theory of intelligent design.
(c) The theory of evolution.
(d) The theory of institutional design.

4. Why did delegates argue for a judicial veto power?
(a) To protect small states.
(b) To prevent corruption.
(c) To correct bad laws.
(d) To prevent bad executive judgment.

5. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?
(a) None of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) Most of it.
(d) A few key provisions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power was missing from the Articles?

2. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?

3. What did Alexander Hamilton want to protect the executive from?

4. What did Madison and Jefferson want to do about judges?

5. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

(see the answer key)

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