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

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

3. What did "Centinel" argue on the danger of checks and balances?
(a) He argued that checks and balances would obscure corruption and tyranny.
(b) He argued that checks and balances would paralyze the government.
(c) He argued that checks and balances would create an endless torrent of inter-branch lawsuits.
(d) He argued that checks and balances would make the government slow to respond to military threats.

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

5. What did Benjamin Franklin advocate in a speech?
(a) Signing the Constitution.
(b) Revising the Constitution one more time.
(c) Sending the Constitution to the states for ratification.
(d) Sending the Constitution back to committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of ratification did Oliver Ellsworth advocate?

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

3. What position did "Federal Farmer" take concerning the Constitution?

4. What did Rhode Island propose to ban?

5. What position was James Wilson asked to take in the Constitutional debate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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