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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 James Wilson argue concerning the question of taxation?
(a) He argued that it was necessary.
(b) He argued that it would result in better services.
(c) He argued that the government would use tax money wisely.
(d) He argued that the European nations were taxed more heavily.

2. What did "Federal Farmer" say the current Constitution would lead to?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Tyranny of the mass.

3. What compromise did the Northeast states reach with Georgia and South Carolina over slavery?
(a) New England would not restrict slavery if the southern states will not require 2/3 majority to pass commercial restrictions.
(b) That northern states will not regulate slavery for fifty years, if southern states will abolish it themselves in that time.
(c) Northern states will regulate slavery if southern states will have lower tariffs on exported raw materials.
(d) That northern states will legalize slavery if southern states will prohibit importation of slaves.

4. What limitation did delegates try to place on suffrage?
(a) Literacy restrictions.
(b) National origin restrictions.
(c) Landowner restrictions.
(d) Race restrictions.

5. What position did "Federal Farmer" take concerning the Constitution?
(a) He thought it centralized power too much.
(b) He thought it left the states with too many contradictory obligations regarding the federal government.
(c) He thought that it preserved too much power in the states.
(d) He was not sure it created the right government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Mason's fear regarding the House of Representatives?

2. What did "Brutus" say about the danger of trying to govern a large area?

3. What did opponents to the suffrage limitation argue?

4. What did James Wilson argue concerning the Constitution's provision for a standing army?

5. What did Rhode Island propose to ban?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the signing of the Constitution go?

2. What did "Brutus" argue on the problem of representation in a large country?

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

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

5. Describe Patrick Henry's second speech to the Virginia legislature.

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

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

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

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

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

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