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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mr. Wilson prefer the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Because it provided for a standing army.
(b) Because it protected America from European influence.
(c) Because it centralized power in the executive.
(d) Because it provided multiple legislative houses.

2. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?
(a) He believed that the populace could be misled.
(b) He believed that small states needed equal representation.
(c) He believed in a strong democracy.
(d) He believed that people could be trusted with self-governance.

3. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?
(a) Between East coast and southern power.
(b) Between ideals and practical applications.
(c) Between federal and state power.
(d) Between American and foreign power.

4. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?
(a) Imports.
(b) Exports.
(c) Expansion.
(d) State-to-state trade.

5. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?
(a) It would create a plutocracy.
(b) It would dissipate federal power among the states.
(c) It would give too much power to large states.
(d) It would over-represent the small states.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Great Compromise?

3. Where do delegates think that authority needs to originate in order to be legitimate?

4. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

5. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

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