Miracle at Philadelphia Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Catherine Drinker Bowen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Miracle at Philadelphia Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Catherine Drinker Bowen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) John Dickenson.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

2. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) George Mason.

3. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Poverty among white men.
(c) Deer and wild life.
(d) Forests and trees.

4. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?
(a) How states are allowed to veto Congressional decisions.
(b) How states are to be represented in Congress.
(c) How states elect members of the Senate.
(d) How states are to be governed.

5. Why are French noblemen amazed to find Revolutionary War officers working as innkeepers?
(a) In Europe, officers only own farms.
(b) They don't realize America have inns.
(c) In Europe, inns are run by women.
(d) In Europe, the military is a profession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate makes the motion that an address to the people accompanies the Constitution?

2. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?

3. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?

4. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?

5. By August 30th, what date has been set for the final adjournment?

(see the answer key)

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