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

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

3. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) The theory of evolution.
(b) The theory of free trade and open markets.
(c) The theory of institutional design.
(d) The theory of intelligent design.

4. What did Mr. Paterson argue about the New Jersey Plan?
(a) That it made the federal government too independent.
(b) That it did not protect the states enough.
(c) That it diminished the power of the states.
(d) That it did not give the executive too much power.

5. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The New Jersey Plan.
(b) The Virginia Plan.
(c) The Great Compromise.
(d) The Missouri Compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the delegates debating in Chapter 3?

2. What did Mr. Mason propose in his arguments of June 4?

3. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

4. What did Mr. Hamilton argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?

5. What position did "Publius" advocate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did delegates fear in the federal government's ability to veto state laws?

2. Why was constitutional monarchy unpopular?

3. In what ways were delegates afraid of executive power?

4. What paradox does James Madison articulate about the need for a strong federal government?

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

6. What was the heart of the opposition between Federalists and Anti-federalists?

7. What was the Great Compromise?

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

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

10. What particular example of separation of powers did delegates argue over?

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