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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #2
A Whether or not presidential powers should be increased
B How to balance the interests of large and small states
C Whether or not slavery should be abolished
D How the government should regulate trade
Question #3
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #4
A James Madison
B Alexander Hamilton
C Patrick Henry
D George Washington
Question #5
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #6
A Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
B Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
C George Mason and Patrick Henry.
D George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.
Question #7
A Congress
B Congress and a courtysystem
C Congress, a court system, and an executive
D Congress and an executive
Question #8
A had the support of George Washington
B was aimed at the Vermont government which had very strict policies regarding debtors
C was a response to the Whiskey tax implemented to raise revenue to pay war debt
D demonstrated the weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation
Question #9
A provided for gradual emancipation of slaves
B replaced the Articles of Confederation
C was a thinly disguised attempt to institute a monarchy in America
D was favored by smaller, less populated states because it proposed equal representation
Question #10
A Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.
B Businesses could not meet creditors’ terms.
C Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.
D Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.
Question #11
A expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise made at the Constitutional Convention
B declared that slaves were not human and did not have legal rights
C required that all revenue bills have a 3/5 approval vote in the House of Representatives
D gave the white south more power in national affairs because they could count their slaves in the general population for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives
Question #12
A did not attend the Philadelphia Convention
B is known as the “father” of the US Constitution
C urged an expansion of the public library system
D fought in the American Revolution
Question #13
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #14
A Five states had to approve war-making decisions.
B All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.
C Each state had two delegates who served one-year terms
D Nine states had to vote to amend the articles.
Question #15
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #16
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #17
A reduced the powers of the governor.
B abolished the lower house.
C gave veto power to the governor.
D augmented the powers of the upper house.
Question #18
A Antifederalist leaders came out in support of the Constitution.
B They promised federal tax relief for poor famers and laborers.
C They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.
D They promised a bill of rights would be included
Question #19
A were mainly from southern states.
B were mainly lawyers and merchants.
C were loyalists who chose to remain in the states.
D disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret
Question #20
A George Washington
B George Mason
C James Madison
D Thomas Jefferson