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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 elect the executive.
(b) He argued that the executive and the legislature should be kept separate.
(c) He argued that the Supreme Court should appoint the executive.
(d) He argued that the legislature should appoint the executive.

2. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?
(a) That government will degenerate into a tool of businesses.
(b) That government will degenerate into monarchy.
(c) That government will degenerate into mob rule.
(d) That government will not have enough funding.

3. What did Gouverneur Morris argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?
(a) He argued that the executive should be appointed by the Senate.
(b) He argued that the executive should be elected by the people.
(c) He argued that the executive should be elected by the Congress.
(d) He argued that the executive should be appointed by the Supreme Court.

4. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?
(a) The possibility of a runaway executive.
(b) The threat of tyranny of the masses.
(c) The threat of mob rule.
(d) The Americans' distaste following the war.

5. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?
(a) That the executive was too weak.
(b) That the taxation rates were too low.
(c) That democracy restricted the leaders.
(d) That international trade would solve its budget problems.

6. What was Mr. Wilson's feeling about the compromise?
(a) He felt that appointed leaders were better suited for the work of governing.
(b) He felt that popular participation would weaken government.
(c) He felt that majority rule alone could legitimize government.
(d) He felt that elections were not accurate indications of the country's needs.

7. What were the delegates' intentions when they argued for election of Senators from state legislatures?
(a) Improving upon the process by which the people were represented.
(b) Raising the Senate above popular opinion.
(c) Insulating the federal government from individuals in the states.
(d) Creating a check against popular democracy.

8. Where did Mr. Sherman say election should take place?
(a) In the Electoral College.
(b) In the popular polls.
(c) In the state legislatures.
(d) Among sitting representatives.

9. What did George Mason argue in the debate of June 4?
(a) He argued for an elected executive.
(b) He argued for a unified executive.
(c) He argued against a unified executive.
(d) He argued for an appointed executive.

10. What did opponents of the resolution that was ultimately adopted think would be the consequence of adopting the proposal?
(a) That the states would have to band together to oppose the government.
(b) That the states would be eradicated.
(c) That the states would lose tax income to the federal government.
(d) That states would work by region to set their own laws and standards.

11. Which constituents did Dr. Johnson want to placate with the plan he advocated?
(a) Foreign diplomats.
(b) The upper classes.
(c) Federalists.
(d) Small states.

12. What power was missing from the Articles?
(a) The power to conduct war.
(b) The power to regulate foreign trade.
(c) The power to amend the Articles.
(d) Executive power.

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

14. Where did James Madison argue government legitimacy came from?
(a) The righteousness of laws.
(b) The political process itself.
(c) Consent of the governed.
(d) The power of the government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What thoughts did Mr. Wilson express at the convention?

2. What did Madison and Jefferson want to do about judges?

3. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?

4. What did Dr. Johnson advocate during the debate over federal power?

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

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