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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 delegates debate on June 6?

2. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?

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

4. Who proposed that government officers not receive salaries?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the benefit of the proposal to elect representatives in the state legislatures?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Virginia Plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the Constitution changed by the ratification process? What was added? What was taken away? How did this affect the balance of powers between the states and the federal government?

Essay Topic 2

The Constitution was the result of a great deal of negotiation. What other opposition was there, besides the opposition between Federalists and Anti-Federalists? What parties found themselves in opposition? How did they resolve their opposition, and were their methods of compromise similar to the Great Compromise.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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