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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did James Madison argue during the argument over representation by person or by state?
(a) The ruling classes would benefit by representation by state.
(b) The populace would not be served by state representatives.
(c) Popular sovereignty argued for representation by person.
(d) Fairness argued for representation by state.

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

4. What compromise did this body propose, between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
(a) The government would maintain a standing army, but not a big one.
(b) State representation in the upper house, and representation by person in the lower house.
(c) Missouri entered the union as a free state, and Texas as a slave state.
(d) Supreme Court Judges would be appointed by the executive, but the Congress could override the appointment.

5. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?
(a) Ratify them in Virginia.
(b) Discard them.
(c) Fix their flaws.
(d) Extend their authority for another ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

2. What was the objection to democracy at the constitutional convention?

3. What power was missing from the Articles?

4. What did William Paterson offer the convention?

5. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some positions delegates took on the New Jersey Plan?

2. What was the Great Compromise?

3. Who opposed the election of Senators by state legislatures, and why?

4. What was Alexander Hamilton's position concerning the executive?

5. What were the views on either side of the question of electing representatives?

6. How did Congress vote on the question of whether Congress should have the ability to veto state laws that violate national laws?

7. What was the Virginia Plan?

8. What did delegates object to in the Virginia Plan?

9. Where did the Federalist Papers come from?

10. What was Alexander Hamilton's argument about the need for a central government?

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