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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 kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?
2. Which delegate chairs the committee that writes the Articles of Confederation?
3. Which delegate elegantly rebuts Paterson's defense of the New Jersey plan?
4. 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?
5. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Virginia Resolves propose?
2. Why does Madison believe popular ratification of the Constitution is essential?
3. What characteristic and accomplishments make Rufus King the most impressive of the delegates from Massachusetts?
4. What kind of reception does John Adams receive in England?
5. What are the "original principles" according to the delegates?
6. Under the Articles of Confederation, what are some of the weaknesses of government?
7. In Chapter Eight, why does Bowen include an anecdote from Pierce's Reliques?
8. What is the difference between the European view of the forest and the American view of the forest?
9. What is the Committee of the Whole?
10. Why are some people uncomfortable with Benjamin Franklin's ideas about government?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discussions by the Convention delegates reveals clear divisions between the interests of the large states and the interests of the small states. Choose three examples of issues that involve the size of the states. In your essay, describe the issue, the effect the size of a state's population has on the issue, and the ultimate outcome. How does the final Constitution address the conflicting interests between large and small states?
Essay Topic 2
What does it mean to be an American in 1787? The delegates to the Convention address this question in various ways. Using the final Constitution as your guide, with supplementing evidence drawn from other chapters in Bowen's book, write a well-crafted essay that describes the delegates' understanding and perception of who is an American and what it means to be an American.
Essay Topic 3
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan are both proposed during the Convention discussion. Discuss how each of these treats the issue of representation, and compare their proposed solutions to the plan for representation presented in the final Constitution.
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