James Madison, do you know him? QUIZ

James Madison, do you know him?

How much do you know about the Founding Fathers? See what you know about one of the most well known, James Madison.

1. Who solicited James Madison to resolve an issue between MD & VA about the Potomac River in 1784?
   Patrick Henry
   George Mason
   James McHenry
   Edmund Randolph
   George Washington
   
   
2. James Madison signed which
   Continental Association
   Declaration of Independence
   Articles of Confederation
   Paris Peace Treaty
   Constitution
   
   
3. James Madison penned The Federalist [Papers] with whom?
   George Clinton
   Oliver Ellsworth
   John Jay
   Rufus King
   Robert Yates
   
   
4. James Madison served as Secretary of State to whom?
   George Washington
   John Adams
   Thomas Jefferson
   James Monroe
   Alexander Hamilton
   
   
5. James Madison served on the Committee that finalized the Constitution, what was it called?
   Committee of Detail
   Committee of Elements
   Committee of Manner
   Committee of Style
   Committee of the Whole
   
   
6. Who of the following, like James Madison, kept notes about the Convention?
   Alexander Hamilton
   Rufus King
   James McHenry
   None of the above
   All of the Above
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
7. Who may have attempted to Gerrymander Madison out of a US House seat?
   Alexander Hamilton
   Patrick Henry
   George Mason
   Edmund Randolph
   George Washington
   
   
8. James Madison was survived by what Founding Fathers
   John Adams
   Samuel Adams
   Alexander Hamilton
   Edmund Randolph
   None
   
   
9. Madison initially supported which in the Convention of 1787
   1st Branch elected by the State Legislatures
   President has power to make War and Peace
   The Legislature appointing Judges
   Representatives should have a two year term
   The Constitution should be ratified by the People
   
   
10. Madison did the following during the Revolution
    Assisted in writing MD Constitution
    A Colonel in the Army under Washington
    Governor of Virginia
    Member of the House of Burgess
    Member of the Continental Congress
    
    

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James Madison, do you know him? Quiz: ANSWER KEY

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How well do you know our founding?

Take this short quiz and find out how well you know our founding?

1. Who presented the Virginia Plan to the Constitution Convention on May 29, 1787?
   Patrick Henry
   James Madison
   George Mason
   Charles Pinckney
   Edmund Randolph
   
   
2. Rhode Island did not have delegates at the Constitution Convention because
   The Upper Chamber in the Legislature failed to approve it
   Rhode Island did not want to alter the Articles of Confederation
   The Delegates did not arrive at the Convention in time
   Rhode Island did not elect Delegates in time
   Rhode Island was not aware the convention was taking place
   
   
3. How many Amendments were in the Bill of rights Congress presented to the States in 1789
   10
   11
   12
   13
   14
   
   
4. What State did not ratify the Constitution in its first Convention?
   Massachusetts
   New Hampshire
   New York
   North Carolina
   Virginia
   
   
5. How Many States proposed amendments to the Constitution when they Ratified it?
   3
   5
   7
   9
   11
   
   
6. Who was selected as a Delegate to the Convention but refused to attend?
   John Adams
   Samuel Adams
   Patrick Henry
   John Jay
   Thomas Jefferson
   
   
7. What was the first to propose a bicameral legislature
   Virginia Plan
   Pinckney Plan
   Benjamin Franklin in an Address
   New Jersey Plan
   Great (Connecticut) Compromise
   
   
8. How may persons were debated to be the Executive (President)
   1 was only ever considered
   2
   3
   4
   5
   
   
9. What was the first to recommend a Convention in May 1787
   Mount Vernon Conference
   Annapolis Convention
   Petition of the States following Shays' Rebellion
   Act of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
   Invitation of the State of Pennsylvania to hold a Convention
   
   
10. The Articles of Confederation were fully enacted on
    June 12, 1776
    November 11, 1777
    March 1, 1781
    March 4, 1783
    September 17, 1787
    
    

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Quick Thoughts: Free Speech must be protected, even when offensive.

Today the Supreme court handed down an 8-1 ruling that protests in conjunction with funerals is protected under the First Amendment.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Though what the protestors may say, and the message they convey may be of the most offensive and insensitive and done at the most inappropriate times, speech no matter how offensive, insensitive and ill-timed must always be protected. Standards of the protection speech in public must never have limits, except for the those that directly endanger the public, like screaming “fire” in a movie theater, or directly advocating the physical harm and immediate of someone. But no limits should ever be placed on the “decency” of speech because if limits are placed on it, it leaves the standards to the whim of man. If the standards of decency where left to what a person feels is “decent”, this leaves open the ability to limit speech of political nature. What one considers as essential political speech and something that needs to be brought to peoples attention, another may find indecent. Only one entity would have the ability to decide what is “decent”. By allowing government to decide what is decent, it opens the door to give government the ability to suppress or outright prohibit speech which is critical to government or policy.

The free expression of opinion should always remain absolute, subject to no test of decency. In this time of a very polarized electorate, neither side should be able to deem what of the opposing side is or is not “decent”. Only in an environment of the free exchange of all ideas can the people be the most informed, limiting any point of view is to deprive the people as whole of an avenue to, One: express their views, and Two: hear other or opposing views.

Speech can generate the full spectrum of emotions, and can be extremely powerful. We may enjoy hearing the good and what we like in speech, but remember this speech will be offensive or disagreeable to others. Wrongs cannot be righted if speech is limited, since many times when the wrongs of society are first addressed it was considered “offensive” to discuss it. A society can only be as just and free as its speech is, no matter how many it offends. When a society limits speech, it is limiting its own freedom, and also one of the most critical methods of correcting itself, by addressing the offensive things that occur in a society.