Author Question: In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for the purpose of political representation, slaves were ... (Read 44 times)

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Question 1

James Madison's ideas regarding republican government

A. assumed that political factions would help in preventing tyranny.

B. All these answers are correct.

C. were drawn from the French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.

D. suggested that the state governments were ultimately sovereign.

E. reflected his fear that a large republic was more likely to result in tyranny.

Question 2

At the Philadelphia convention, James Madison argued that the ultimate authority of the federal government came from the

A. rule of law.

B. Congress.

C. individual states.

D. Constitution.

E. people.

Question 3

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a major concession to the pro-slavery delegates was the

A. denial of suffrage to free black men.

B. agreement that half of all future states would allow slavery.

C. strengthened fugitive slave provision.

D. continuation of the slave trade for at least twenty more years.

E. guarantee of the permanent continuation of slavery where it existed.

Question 4

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for the purpose of political representation, slaves were classified as

A. property.

B. equivalent to children.

C. three-fifths of a free person.

D. citizens.

E. non-taxable.