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

2. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?
(a) Exports.
(b) Imports.
(c) Expansion.
(d) State-to-state trade.

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

4. What was James Madison's feeling about the compromise?
(a) He felt that the convention was sacrificing large states to small states.
(b) He felt that the convention was sacrificing justice for the small states.
(c) He felt that the convention was striking the right balance.
(d) He felt that the convention was sacrificing federalism to distributed power.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

4. Where did Mr. Sherman say election should take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What needs did Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia believe the Virginia Plan would satisfy that the Articles did not?

2. Why did Benjamin Franklin believe that government officers should not receive salaries?

3. What role did Alexander Hamilton see for a strong federal government?

4. What problems were Americans having with the Articles of Confederation?

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

6. Why was democracy unpopular?

7. Name three or more delegates and describe their attitudes toward popular rule.

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

9. Describe the delegates' reaction to the New Jersey Plan.

10. What was the Virginia Plan?

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