Chapter 5

Question 1

(Pg 9/1) Washington recorded the…

Answer 1

Arrival of new delegates in his diary

Question 2

(Pg 9/1) William Houston from —- arrived. He was-…..

Answer 2

From Georgia

Young lawyer with “little to recommend him”

Question 3

(Pg 9/1) Pinckney urged a

Answer 3

“Vigorous executive” government

Question 4

(Pg 9/1) delegates viewed the idea of a

Answer 4

Single executive with malice, thinking of it as a monarchy

Question 5

(Pg 9/1) James Wilson:

Answer 5

“The unsung hero of the Federal Convention”

Believed in a strong central government and the sovereignty of the people

Question 6

(Pg 9/1) Randolph considered unity in the executive to be

Answer 6

“The fetus of monarchy”

Question 7

(Pg 9/1) Wilson considered unity in the executive to be

Answer 7

“The best safeguard against tyranny”

Question 8

(Pg 9/1) John Dickinson:

Answer 8

Voted against Declaration of Independence

Ended up being one of the strongest advocates of a national government

Question 9

(Pg 9/1) pierce butler

Answer 9

Wanted a single executive

Son of a member of parliament

Question 10

(Pg 9/1) resolve 8:

Answer 10

Chief executive given veto on legislative
suggested that chief executive with “a convenient number of the national judiciary” should have a council of revision to review acts of congress before they became operative

Question 11

(Pg 9/1) dr. Franklin

Answer 11

President of Pennsylvania
In support of plural executive
Opposed to salaries for executive branch

Question 12

(Pg 9/2) states voted for a…

Answer 12

Single executive 7 to 3

Question 13

(Pg 9/2) on the topic of an absolute veto for the executives

Answer 13

The delegates voted no

Question 14

(Pg 9/2) Madison suggested that a

Answer 14

Proper proportion of congress be allowed to overrule the executive veto

Question 15

(Pg 9/2) on June 8

Answer 15

The committee granted the veto power to the executive “subject to overruling by 2/3rds of congress”

Question 16

(Pg 9/2) William Livingston

Answer 16

Governor of New Jersey
Sat in first two continental Congresses
Celebrated for active part he had taken in the revolution
Took little part in debates
“One of the best known names of the convention”

Question 17

(Pg 9/2) resolve 9:

Answer 17

Appointment of inferior tribunals (question: who was to name the federal judges for the state?)

Question 18

(Pg 9/2) Rutledge was against

Answer 18

Establishing any national tribune besides a single supreme one

Question 19

(Pg 9/2) pierce butler was against

Answer 19

Setting up federal tribunals

Question 20

(Pg 9/2) Madison suggested that in the ninth resolve

Answer 20

The words “appointment by the legislature” be replaced with a blank “to be hereafter filled in mature reflection”
Approved

Question 21

(Pg 9/2) resolve 10:

Answer 21

“Provision made for admission of states lawfully arising within limits of the U.S.” Passed

Question 22

(Pg 9/2) resolve 11:

Answer 22

Guaranteed a republican government

Postponed

Question 23

(Pg 9/3) resolve 12

Answer 23

“for the continuance of Congress… until a given day after the reform of the articles of union shall be adopted and for the completion of all their engagements” passed

Question 24

(Pg 9/3) resolve 13

Answer 24

Amendment of the constitution without requiring the assent of congress
Postponed

Question 25

(Pg 9/3) resolve 14

Answer 25

Requirement of state officers to take oaths supporting national government
Postponed

Question 26

(Pg 9/3) resolve 15

Answer 26

Ratification

Question 27

(Pg 9/3) method of ratification was important: “

Answer 27

By it the constitution could stand or fall”

Question 28

(Pg 9/3) question of ratification

Answer 28

Postponed