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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mr. Mason's fear regarding the House of Representatives?
(a) He feared that it would not be able to compete with the Senate.
(b) He feared that it did not have enough power to combat the executive.
(c) He feared that it was not truly representative.
(d) He feared that it would be run by illiterate farmers.

2. What argument did James Madison make concerning the fear of a centralized government?
(a) He said that the standing army would only be used outside the borders.
(b) He said that there would be less regulation of business and commerce by a central government.
(c) He said that taxation would be smaller under a central government.
(d) He said that factions would check each other.

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

4. What did Mr. Sherman advocate about executive veto power?
(a) He said that the executive veto power should be limited.
(b) He said that the executive should have veto power over the legislature, but not the judiciary.
(c) He said that the executive should not have a veto.
(d) He said that the executive should have absolute veto.

5. How extensive were the changes the delegates made to the first draft of the Constitution?
(a) The draft was almost entirely rewritten.
(b) Not extensive at all.
(c) Revisions separated the branches of government.
(d) Revisions gave the Congress veto power over presidential appointments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative did "Federal Farmer" propose in his first letter?

2. What did Rhode Island propose to ban?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin say about supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship?

4. What did "Federal Farmer" argue regarding the separation of powers?

5. What did opponents to the suffrage limitation argue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was DeWitt's position on ratification?

2. What did "Brutus" argue on the problem of representation in a large country?

3. Describe James Wilson's speech.

4. What did the dissenters say after losing the ratification vote in the Pennsylvania convention?

5. What was at issue as delegates debated the qualifications for suffrage?

6. What positions did the delegates take on the election of the executive?

7. Describe Patrick Henry's first speech to the Virginia legislature.

8. What was John DeWitt's argument regarding the will of the people?

9. How did Publius respond to Anti-Federalist concerns about tyranny in the Constitution?

10. What was Mr. Gerry's objection to the Constitution?

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