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

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

3. What did Madison argue for in his letter to George Washington?
(a) Restraints against a supreme national legislature.
(b) The supremacy of national laws over states' laws.
(c) Independence of states to make laws.
(d) Independence of states to coin money.

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

5. Why did delegates argue for a small senate?
(a) They thought it would give the large states fair representation.
(b) They thought it would make for debate that is more dignified.
(c) They thought it would limit the influence of the executive.
(d) They thought it would make Senators more intimate and therefore more willing to compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Great Compromise?

2. What did James Madison recommend for the appointment of Supreme Court Justices?

3. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?

4. What were the delegates' intentions when they argued for election of Senators from state legislatures?

5. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?

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