7. What was the attitude of some of the delegates from the Eastern states toward the West?
8. In general, what part of the country was in favor of the Constitution and what part opposed?
9. What were some of the objections urged against its adoption?
10. Why was the Constitution not submitted to a direct vote of the people as is the custom with state constitutions?
11. When the draft of the completed Constitution was laid before the Congress of the Confederation, did that body make any changes in it before submitting it to the states?
12. Might North Carolina and Rhode Island have remained permanently out of the Union? If so, what would have been their status?
13. Do you think the time has come when the best interests of the country require a new Constitution? What is your opinion of the proposition that the country has outgrown the Constitution?
14. What, in the light of more than a century's experience, do you consider some of the defects of the Constitution?