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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the motion not to give government officers salaries?
(a) It was tabled to be voted on later.
(b) It was rejected as impractical.
(c) It was killed in committee.
(d) It was rejected as too aristocratic.

2. What power was missing from the Articles?
(a) The power to conduct war.
(b) The power to amend the Articles.
(c) The power to regulate foreign trade.
(d) Executive power.

3. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?
(a) Between East coast and southern power.
(b) Between American and foreign power.
(c) Between federal and state power.
(d) Between ideals and practical applications.

4. Why did delegates argue for a small senate?
(a) They thought it would make for debate that is more dignified.
(b) They thought it would make Senators more intimate and therefore more willing to compromise.
(c) They thought it would limit the influence of the executive.
(d) They thought it would give the large states fair representation.

5. What did delegates suggest would happen if state legislatures chose Representatives for the House?
(a) The people would revolt.
(b) State and federal powers would balance.
(c) The government would not be legitimate.
(d) The states would acquire too much power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the delegates' intentions when they argued for election of Senators from state legislatures?

2. What would happen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?

3. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?

4. What were Americans and Britons discussing a great deal during the 1770s?

5. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?

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