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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 the government should regulate trade
C Whether or not slavery should be abolished
D How to balance the interests of large and small states
Question #3
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #4
A George Washington
B James Madison
C Alexander Hamilton
D Patrick Henry
Question #5
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #6
A George Mason and Patrick Henry.
B George Clinton and Richard Henry Lee.
C Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
D Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
Question #7
A Congress and a courtysystem
B Congress and an executive
C Congress, a court system, and an executive
D Congress
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 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 Massachusetts farmers resented increasing taxes.
B Samuel Adams incited a riot in Boston.
C Businesses could not meet creditors’ terms.
D Pennsylvania farmers could not pay their debt.
Question #11
A required that all revenue bills have a 3/5 approval vote in the House of Representatives
B declared that slaves were not human and did not have legal rights
C expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise made at the Constitutional Convention
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 fought in the American Revolution
B is known as the “father” of the US Constitution
C did not attend the Philadelphia Convention
D urged an expansion of the public library system
Question #13
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #14
A Five states had to approve war-making decisions.
B All thirteen states had to approve routine decisions.
C Nine states had to vote to amend the articles.
D Each state had two delegates who served one-year terms
Question #15
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #16
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #17
A augmented the powers of the upper house.
B gave veto power to the governor.
C abolished the lower house.
D reduced the powers of the governor.
Question #18
A They exposed antifederalists as corrupt politicians.
B They promised federal tax relief for poor famers and laborers.
C They promised a bill of rights would be included
D Antifederalist leaders came out in support of the Constitution.
Question #19
A were loyalists who chose to remain in the states.
B were mainly lawyers and merchants.
C were mainly from southern states.
D disliked that the Constitutional Convention was held in secret
Question #20
A James Madison
B Thomas Jefferson
C George Mason
D George Washington