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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. What did James Madison recommend for the appointment of Supreme Court Justices?

2. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

3. What was cut out when the Constitutional Convention doted down part of the Virginia Plan?

4. What did George Mason argue in the debate of June 4?

5. What position did "Publius" advocate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the views on either side of the question of electing representatives?

2. Why did Benjamin Franklin believe that government officers should not receive salaries?

3. What were the forms of government being considered at the Constitutional Convention?

4. Why was democracy unpopular?

5. Describe the delegates' reaction to the New Jersey Plan.

6. Why did James Madison argue against the New Jersey Plan?

7. Why was constitutional monarchy unpopular?

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

9. What was the Great Compromise?

10. What was the Virginia Plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Constitution change between its first draft after being compiled, and the final draft that was ratified by the states?

Essay Topic 2

How did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention ensure separation of powers? What measures within the ratified Constitution created the checks and balances that would ensure separation of powers?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the later amendments to the Constitution were anticipated by delegates and critics of the Constitution during the ratification process? Describe the political and historical context that finally brought about the amendment. Why was 1787 the wrong time for the amendment?

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