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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. Who was particularly concerned about the Virginia Plan?

2. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?

3. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?

4. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?

5. What did Mr. Mason propose in his arguments of June 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which delegates took positions on the term and election of the federal executive and what were their positions?

8. How did Congress vote on the question of whether Congress should have the ability to veto state laws that violate national laws?

9. How was the New Jersey Plan an alternative to the Virginia Plan?

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. What themes are constant between the two documents? What are the main differences? What themes survived the war and the Articles of Confederation?

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