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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-45, Appendices I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Great Compromise?
(a) Bring Texas into the union as a slave state, and Missouri as free.
(b) A bicameral legislature.
(c) The creation of the Electoral College.
(d) Appoint judges for life, but allow them to be impeached.

2. What did Virginia propose in its ratification process?
(a) An amendment that would limit the government's ability to tax the people.
(b) An amendment that would allow citizens to bear arms.
(c) An amendment that would recognize the freedom of speech.
(d) An amendment that would recognize the right of resistance.

3. Which delegate expressed his regrets about not signing the Constitution?
(a) Mr. Hamilton.
(b) Mr. Mason.
(c) Mr. Williamson.
(d) Mr. Gerry.

4. What did Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island propose during their ratification discussions?
(a) Abolition of alcohol.
(b) Abolition of slavery.
(c) A bill of rights.
(d) Regulation of state laws.

5. What did Benjamin Franklin say about supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship?
(a) He said that delegates were cutting off sources of new talent by limiting immigration.
(b) He said that delegates were understating the ease with which people assimilate into American culture.
(c) He said that delegates were opening the floodgates to a tide of poor workers by opening restrictions on immigration.
(d) He said that delegates were exaggerating the threat of European immigration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Hamilton argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?

2. What did "Cato" say was the danger of the Congress having control over how its members are elected?

3. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

4. What did James Madison argue during the argument over representation by person or by state?

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

(see the answer key)

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