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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which constituents did Dr. Johnson want to placate with the plan he advocated?
(a) Small states.
(b) Federalists.
(c) Foreign diplomats.
(d) The upper classes.

3. Why did many delegates support one resolution to this question?
(a) To avoid dissension.
(b) To cater to the states' needs.
(c) To limit the independence of the federal government.
(d) To reduce the federal government's power.

4. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Great Compromise.
(c) The New Jersey Plan.
(d) The Virginia Plan.

5. What limitation did delegates try to place on suffrage?
(a) Landowner restrictions.
(b) Literacy restrictions.
(c) Race restrictions.
(d) National origin restrictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?

2. What was the Great Compromise?

3. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?

4. What symbol did Benjamin Franklin remark on, on the President's chair?

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

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