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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 did James Madison argue with relation to the New Jersey Plan?
(a) It will give too much power to small states.
(b) It cannot settle arguments between the states.
(c) It will not protect small states from bigger states.
(d) It cannot support itself with tax revenue.

2. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?
(a) Too little representation in government.
(b) Too much democracy.
(c) Too much foreign influence.
(d) Too little religion.

3. What compromise did Melancton Smith object to in the Constitution?
(a) The three-fifths compromise.
(b) The Great Compromise.
(c) The Missouri compromise.
(d) The Pinckney compromise.

4. What compromise did Mr. Gerry want to reject regarding the ratification of the Constitution?
(a) The Great Compromise.
(b) The three-fifths compromise.
(c) The compromise over slavery.
(d) The Missouri Compromise.

5. What did "Centinel" argue on the danger of a centralized government?
(a) Class mobility will decrease, as the central government raises taxes.
(b) States will have to fend for themselves if they oppose the national government.
(c) Taxation will be worse with a central tax collector.
(d) The Constitution will threaten liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which bodies were the delegates considering as electors of Representatives in the House?

2. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?

3. What compromise did this body propose, between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

4. What did the delegates argue concerning the question of whether the judiciary should be able to veto legislation?

5. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

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