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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 did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?
(a) The Virginia Plan.
(b) The Great Compromise.
(c) The New Jersey Plan.
(d) Articles of Confederation.

2. What thoughts did Mr. Madison express on the topic of elections during debate at the convention?
(a) He said that elections are essential for free government.
(b) He said that elections are too important to trust to the people.
(c) He said that elections could be bought too easily to be trusted.
(d) He said that elections are a step in dissolving government.

3. What did Alexander Hamilton propose in his speech?
(a) Regulation of slavery.
(b) A standing army.
(c) An executive-for-life.
(d) A Supreme Court.

4. What did Madison stress in his letter to George Washington?
(a) The need for high taxes to pay for federal army and government.
(b) The need for restraints on popular sentiment.
(c) The need for representation by state and region.
(d) The need for representation by population.

5. Who proposed that government officers not receive salaries?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plan did James Madison favor?

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

3. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

4. What were Americans and Britons discussing a great deal during the 1770s?

5. Why did delegates argue for a judicial veto power?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did delegates discuss regarding the appointment of judges?

2. Why did James Madison argue against the New Jersey Plan?

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

4. Why was democracy unpopular?

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

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

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

8. What was the Virginia Plan?

9. Why was constitutional monarchy unpopular?

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

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