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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Federal Convention of 1787, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?
(a) The importance of a strong central government.
(b) Laissez-faire economic policy.
(c) Government by consent.
(d) The rights of a king.

2. What did Madison and Jefferson feel about Virginia?
(a) That democracy restricted the leaders.
(b) That the taxation rates were too low.
(c) That the executive was too weak.
(d) That international trade would solve its budget problems.

3. What were Americans and Britons discussing a great deal during the 1770s?
(a) The Massachusetts charter.
(b) Warfare against the Native Americans.
(c) Warfare against the French.
(d) Political thought and theory.

4. What thoughts did Mr. Madison express on the topic of elections during debate at the convention?
(a) He said that elections are essential for free government.
(b) He said that elections are too important to trust to the people.
(c) He said that elections could be bought too easily to be trusted.
(d) He said that elections are a step in dissolving government.

5. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?
(a) The South wanted the Constitution to keep tariffs low indefinitely.
(b) The South wanted the Constitution to let Congress set tariffs with a simple majority vote.
(c) The South wanted the Constitution to keep Congress from restricting trade.
(d) The South wanted the Constitution not to regulate trade at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

2. What was the Great Compromise?

3. What thoughts did Mr. Wilson express at the convention?

4. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?

5. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?

(see the answer key)

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