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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?
(a) The South wanted the Constitution not to regulate trade at all.
(b) The South wanted the Constitution to keep Congress from restricting trade.
(c) The South wanted the Constitution to let Congress set tariffs with a simple majority vote.
(d) The South wanted the Constitution to keep tariffs low indefinitely.

3. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Virginia Plan.
(c) The Great Compromise.
(d) The New Jersey Plan.

4. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Sacvan Bercovitch.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Ralph Ketcham.

5. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?
(a) He argued that the legislature should appoint the executive.
(b) He argued that the legislature should elect the executive.
(c) He argued that the executive and the legislature should be kept separate.
(d) He argued that the Supreme Court should appoint the executive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does James Madison argue on the question of suffrage?

3. What compromise did the Northeast states reach with Georgia and South Carolina over slavery?

4. What deliberative body created a compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

5. Which committee recommendation did not make it into the Constitution?

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