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