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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 James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?
(a) Ratification of the Constitution.
(b) Revision of the Constitution.
(c) Judiciary oversight of the executive.
(d) States rights.

2. What did James Madison worry about concerning ratification in the states?
(a) The states might not act in the national interest.
(b) The states could sink the ratification process.
(c) The states could hold the federal government hostage with no votes.
(d) The federal government would be powerless without unanimous ratification.

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

4. What did Benjamin Franklin say about supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship?
(a) He said that delegates were exaggerating the threat of European immigration.
(b) He said that delegates were understating the ease with which people assimilate into American culture.
(c) He said that delegates were opening the floodgates to a tide of poor workers by opening restrictions on immigration.
(d) He said that delegates were cutting off sources of new talent by limiting immigration.

5. What did "Centinel" argue on the danger of a centralized government?
(a) Taxation will be worse with a central tax collector.
(b) The Constitution will threaten liberty.
(c) Class mobility will decrease, as the central government raises taxes.
(d) States will have to fend for themselves if they oppose the national government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What limitation did delegates try to place on suffrage?

2. What powers did Mr. Mason argue the Congress should not have?

3. What did the draft of the Constitution contain concerning slavery?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin advocate in a speech?

5. What did opponents to the suffrage limitation argue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did "Brutus" argue concerning standing armies?

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

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

5. Who objected to the Constitution and why did they object?

6. What was James Madison's position on the election of the executive?

7. What was Mr. Gerry's objection to the Constitution?

8. What was DeWitt's position on ratification?

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

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

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