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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 was the dominant fear about the executive?
(a) The power to regulate trade.
(b) The power to impose taxes.
(c) The power to go to war.
(d) The power to appoint judges.

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

3. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?
(a) As a duty.
(b) As a stepping stone.
(c) As an entitlement.
(d) As a privilege.

4. Why did delegates argue for a judicial veto power?
(a) To protect small states.
(b) To prevent corruption.
(c) To correct bad laws.
(d) To prevent bad executive judgment.

5. Where do delegates think that authority needs to originate in order to be legitimate?
(a) The poor.
(b) The people.
(c) The merchants.
(d) The landowners.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?

4. How did the New Jersey Plan resolve the question of the relationship of state laws to federal laws?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Great Compromise?

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

6. Which delegates took positions on the term and election of the federal executive and what were their positions?

7. What was an argument for electing Senators in state legislatures?

8. Why was constitutional monarchy unpopular?

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

10. How was the New Jersey Plan an alternative to the Virginia Plan?

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