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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. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?

2. What did Madison stress in his letter to George Washington?

3. Which form of government includes direct voting by the people?

4. What did Mr. Sherman argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?

5. What did Alexander Hamilton propose in his speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Alexander Hamilton's argument about the need for a central government?

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

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

4. Why was constitutional monarchy unpopular?

5. What needs did Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia believe the Virginia Plan would satisfy that the Articles did not?

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

7. What were some positions delegates took on the New Jersey Plan?

8. What paradox does James Madison articulate about the need for a strong federal government?

9. What was the Great Compromise?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the Bill of Rights created? Why was it not included in the original draft of the Constitution? Who called for it, and how was it arrived at? How did it change the nature of the Constitution?

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

What values and what practical considerations were written into the Constitution regarding the election of government officials? How did the current electoral system evolve from the first debates through the draft Constitution and then the ratification process? What were the dominant arguments on either side of the debate, and whose values were ultimately written into the Constitution?

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