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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 "Brutus" say about the danger of trying to govern a large area?
(a) It would create tyranny.
(b) It would require too many bureaucrats.
(c) It would lead to wars.
(d) It would be expensive and inefficient.

2. What did "Brutus" say was the danger of a standing army?
(a) It did not answer to the legislature.
(b) It turned countries toward tyranny.
(c) It created loyalty only to itself.
(d) It consumed necessary resources.

3. What did Mr. Sherman advocate about executive veto power?
(a) He said that the executive should have absolute veto.
(b) He said that the executive should not have a veto.
(c) He said that the executive should have veto power over the legislature, but not the judiciary.
(d) He said that the executive veto power should be limited.

4. 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 it was not a general problem.
(c) He said that it would be compensated by strong protections at the state level.
(d) He said that trial by military tribunal was just as fair.

5. What powers did Mr. Mason argue the federal judiciary should not have?
(a) The power to change state laws.
(b) The power to amend taxes.
(c) The power to amend executive orders.
(d) The power to oversee the executive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative did "Federal Farmer" propose in his first letter?

2. How did Patrick Henry describe fear?

3. What did James Madison worry about concerning ratification in the states?

4. What did opponents to the suffrage limitation argue?

5. What did James Wilson argue concerning the question of taxation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was dropped from the draft of the Constitution?

2. What was added to the draft of the Constitution?

3. What was John DeWitt's argument regarding the will of the people?

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

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

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

7. What did Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island recommend after their ratification conventions?

8. What was Mr. Mason's objection to the Constitution?

9. What positions did the delegates take on the election of the executive?

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

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