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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 was the Pennsylvania dissenters' primary objection to the Constitution?

2. What limitation did delegates try to place on suffrage?

3. Who was "Brutus"?

4. What did Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island propose during their ratification discussions?

5. What method of ratification did Oliver Ellsworth advocate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mr. Gerry's objection to the Constitution?

2. What was James Madison's position on the election of the executive?

3. What did "Brutus" argue concerning standing armies?

4. Describe Patrick Henry's second speech to the Virginia legislature.

5. What was John DeWitt's argument regarding the will of the people?

6. Describe Patrick Henry's first speech to the Virginia legislature.

7. What position did "Centinel" take regarding the ratification of the Constitution?

8. What was added to the draft of the Constitution?

9. What was dropped from the draft of the Constitution?

10. Who objected to the Constitution and why did they object?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were populous states and small states treated differently by the Constitutional Convention? What issues divided them, and how did they balance their interests in the national government?

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

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?

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