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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 Wilson argue regarding the abolition of trial by jury at the federal level?
2. What did "Brutus" say was the danger of a standing army?
3. What imbalance gave James Madison cause for worry about ratification in the states?
4. What did Madison advocate concerning the election or appointment of the executive?
5. What were supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship afraid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Patrick Henry's second speech to the Virginia legislature.
2. What did the dissenters say after losing the ratification vote in the Pennsylvania convention?
3. What was dropped from the draft of the Constitution?
4. What was added to the draft of the Constitution?
5. What did Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island recommend after their ratification conventions?
6. What was Mr. Mason's objection to the Constitution?
7. What was Mr. Gerry's objection to the Constitution?
8. How did the signing of the Constitution go?
9. What were the "Federal Farmer's" arguments regarding ratification?
10. What were the different views on the question of ratification of the Constitution?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did the Constitutional Convention protect states' rights? Discuss three issues as evidence of the Constitutional Convention's protection of the states.
Essay Topic 2
How did the Constitution change between its first draft after being compiled, and the final draft that was ratified by the states?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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