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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was particularly concerned about the Virginia Plan?
(a) Large states.
(b) Populous states.
(c) Southern states.
(d) Small states.

4. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?
(a) Maintain a standing army.
(b) Tax intra-state commerce.
(c) Regulate slavery.
(d) Support a Supreme Court.

5. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?
(a) Imports.
(b) Exports.
(c) State-to-state trade.
(d) Expansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

2. How did the New Jersey Plan resolve the question of the relationship of state laws to federal laws?

3. What was the Great Compromise?

4. Why did delegates argue for a small senate?

5. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

(see the answer key)

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