US Government - Unit 1 Test Review #3

Which Founding Father and prominent American legal scholar signed the Declaration of Independence and proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Mason

• Gouverneur Morris

• James Wilson

In his service at the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton argued that the Founders should establish a government characterized by —

• a powerful aristocracy

• a growing merchant class

• a strong central authority

• a loose confederation of states

Which Founding Father demanded the U.S. Constitution describe the rights of states and individuals that the federal government should protect?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Roger Sherman

• James Wilson

Opponents of the New Jersey Plan argued that the plan favored —

• slaveholding states

• less populous states

• a split bicameral legislature

• a strong central government

What resolution came about in response to the debate over legislative representation?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Article of Confederation