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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 were supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship afraid of?

2. What did Madison advocate concerning the election or appointment of the executive?

3. What did Massachusetts propose in its ratification process?

4. What powers did Mr. Mason argue the Congress should not have?

5. What symbol did Benjamin Franklin remark on, on the President's chair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was DeWitt's position on ratification?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Publius respond to Anti-Federalist concerns about tyranny in the Constitution?

7. What were the proposals for the requirements for citizenship?

8. What was at issue as delegates debated the qualifications for suffrage?

9. What was the Constitutional Convention's debate over the slave trade, and how was it resolved?

10. Describe James Wilson's speech.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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