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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. How extensive were the changes the delegates made to the first draft of the Constitution?
(a) Not extensive at all.
(b) Revisions gave the Congress veto power over presidential appointments.
(c) The draft was almost entirely rewritten.
(d) Revisions separated the branches of government.

2. What was Mr. Mason's fear about the Constitution as it was then drafted?
(a) He feared that his constituents would not ratify the draft.
(b) He feared that Congress did not have enough power to check the executive.
(c) He wanted a bill of rights.
(d) He objected to the three-fifths compromise.

3. What did "Federal Farmer" see as a danger in the Constitution?
(a) Its powers were not listed explicitly.
(b) It would be protected by soldiers who were paid by the federal government.
(c) It prevented the states from adapting to political conditions.
(d) It reserved the right to be amended over time.

4. What did the Pennsylvania dissenters recommend to the Constitutional Convention?
(a) A standing army that would still exist in peacetime.
(b) Trial by jury in property conflicts.
(c) Limitations on the expansion of the United States.
(d) Trial by jury in all federal cases.

5. What did James Wilson argue regarding the abolition of trial by jury at the federal level?
(a) He said that there would not be many cases where this applied.
(b) He said that it would be compensated by strong protections at the state level.
(c) He said that trial by military tribunal was just as fair.
(d) He said it was not a general problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat did Mr. Pinckney make if Congress has power to restrict the slave trade?

2. Who was DeWitt in reality?

3. What did "Brutus" say was the danger of a standing army?

4. What symbol did Benjamin Franklin remark on, on the President's chair?

5. What did the convention call for on July 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the different views on the question of ratification of the Constitution?

2. What were the "Federal Farmer's" arguments regarding ratification?

3. How did Publius respond to Anti-Federalist concerns about tyranny in the Constitution?

4. What were the proposals for the requirements for citizenship?

5. What was the Constitutional Convention's debate over the slave trade, and how was it resolved?

6. Describe Patrick Henry's first speech to the Virginia legislature.

7. What did the dissenters say after losing the ratification vote in the Pennsylvania convention?

8. How did the signing of the Constitution go?

9. What position did "Centinel" take regarding the ratification of the Constitution?

10. What was at issue as delegates debated the qualifications for suffrage?

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