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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the benefit of adopting the resolution that was ultimately adopted?
(a) It created a need for a lot of inter-state lawsuits.
(b) It weakened the Articles of Confederation and gave the states more power.
(c) It allowed the federal government to be effective.
(d) It resolved decades of inter-state tension.

2. Which form of government includes direct voting by the people?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Constitutional monarchy.
(d) Representative democracy.

3. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?
(a) He proposed that all government positions should be elected.
(b) Two.
(c) At least one.
(d) Three.

4. 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.

5. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) Radical political thought.
(b) Conservative political thought.
(c) Aristocratic political thought.
(d) Practical political thought.

6. What were the delegates debating in Chapter 3?
(a) The election of the President.
(b) The election of the House of Representatives.
(c) The election of Senators.
(d) The appointment of judges.

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

8. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?
(a) The importance of a strong central government.
(b) The rights of a king.
(c) Laissez-faire economic policy.
(d) Government by consent.

9. 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 majority rule alone could legitimize government.
(c) He felt that elections were not accurate indications of the country's needs.
(d) He felt that popular participation would weaken government.

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

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

12. What did Madison say the country needed, in his letter to George Washington?
(a) A dispassionate umpire.
(b) A charismatic leader.
(c) A central coordinating committee.
(d) Short presidential terms.

13. Where should budget bills start, according to the compromise?
(a) In the executive.
(b) In the Senate.
(c) In the Supreme Court.
(d) In the House of Representatives.

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

15. What position did "Publius" advocate?
(a) Attacking the new Constitution.
(b) Arguing against ratification of the Constitution.
(c) Defending the new Constitution.
(d) Proposing an alternative to the Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on the political spectrum were Alexander Hamilton's opinions?

2. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?

3. What did George Mason argue in the debate of June 4?

4. Where did James Madison argue government legitimacy came from?

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

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