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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?

2. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?

3. What was the dominant fear about the executive?

4. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?

5. What did Mr. Paterson argue about the New Jersey Plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What particular example of separation of powers did delegates argue over?

2. Describe George Mason's speech regarding the question of a single or plural executive.

3. What did delegates fear in the federal government's ability to veto state laws?

4. Who opposed the election of Senators by state legislatures, and why?

5. What was the Great Compromise?

6. What was Alexander Hamilton's position concerning the executive?

7. What was an argument for electing Senators in state legislatures?

8. What did delegates discuss regarding the appointment of judges?

9. What was the Virginia Plan?

10. Name three or more delegates and describe their attitudes toward popular rule.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the opposition to the ratification of the Constitution. What were the objections to the ratification of the Constitution? How unified were the opponents of ratification?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Constitutional Convention establish a strong federal government? Discuss three issues as evidence of the Constitutional Convention's centralization of power in the federal government.

Essay Topic 3

The Great Compromise created the bicameral legislature. How else did the practice of compromise affect the drafting and ratification of the Constitution? What issues were ultimately compromised on? What issues were not?

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