Q 01/05

Which post did James Madison hold under Jefferson?

A) Secretary of State

B) Secretary of War

C) Attorney General

D) Postmaster General

Answer · why

A) Secretary of State

Secretary of State. Madison ran American diplomacy for all eight years of Jefferson's presidency, and the post became a stepping stone: his two succes...

Q 02/05

James Madison is popularly known by which nickname?

A) Father of His Country

B) Father of the American Navy

C) Father of the Constitution

D) Father of the American Revolution

Answer · why

C) Father of the Constitution

Father of the Constitution. Besides drafting the plan the convention started from, Madison sat at the front, missed no session and kept the fullest re...

Q 03/05

What was the name of James Madison's plantation home in Virginia?

A) Monticello

B) Montpelier

C) Mount Vernon

D) Highland

Answer · why

B) Montpelier

Montpelier. The duPont family bought it in 1901 and more than doubled the house; a restoration finished in 2008 removed their additions and returned i...

Q 04/05

James Madison's proposal that became the basis for debate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was called what?

A) New Jersey Plan

B) Hamilton Plan

C) Connecticut Plan

D) Virginia Plan

Answer · why

D) Virginia Plan

Virginia Plan. Madison shaped it, but Governor Edmund Randolph was the one who presented it to the delegates, which is why it is also known as the Ran...

Q 05/05

With which two men did James Madison write The Federalist Papers?

A) Benjamin Franklin and James Wilson

B) George Mason and Edmund Randolph

C) Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

D) Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

Answer · why

D) Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Hamilton wrote most of the essays and Madison about a third; Jay managed only five, because illness cut his part shor...