CH 3 extra practice

The U.S Constitution was written in

1787

Which group consisted of opponents of the Constitution at the time it was proposed?

Antifederalists

The states were bound by this document, which governed he United States during the War of Independence and the critical period that followed.

Articles of Confederation

What branch of government has the power to propose legislation to congress and to veto bills passed by congress?

Executive branch

The Articles of Confederation failed for several reasons, including the fact that the new national government

Had no power to tax

The principles underlying the DEclaration of independence were rooted in the writings of

John Locke

What branch of government has the power to issue injunctions?

Judicial Branch

What branch has the ability to vote on articles of impeachment and remove members of the executive and judicial branches?

Legislative Branch

In ________, the Supreme Court declared that the courts have the power to nullify government acts that conflict with the Constitution.

Marbury v. Madison

A states delegation to the house of Representatives is determined by this

Population

The British Parliament failed to recognize the offense Americans took at being taxed without this

Representation

Which 1780s event demonstrated that the "league of friendship" under the Articles was incapable of suppressing insurrection and keeping order, creating a sense of urgency at the Philadelphia convention to strengthen the national government?

Shays Rebellion

The idea of consent on the part of those who are governed is derived from which concept?

Social contract theory

What compact among the thirteen original states established the first government of the United States?

The Articles of the Confederation.

The ________ was a set of proposals for a new government, submitted to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which included separation of the government into three branches and division of the legislature into two houses using proportional representation.

Virginia plan

The concept of republicanism can be traced all the way back to the ideas of ________, who suggested that a constitution should combine principles of both democratic and oligarchic government.

aristotle

In the most well-known Federalist Paper, Federalist No. 10, James Madison famously argued that the new Constitution would

break and control factions

When the electoral college was created as the nation's official voting system, what lingering and pervasive fear was eliminated?

fear of a popular vote controlled by the people

What is the division of power between a central government and regional governments, one that essentially creates two bodies of law?

federalism

The U.S Constitution was designed to prevent anarchy by

forging a union of states

One of the main ideas behind the New Jersey Plan was to

give states with large and small populations equal representation.

What kind of powers are needed by Congress in order to take action on, and therefore expand, its enumerated powers?

implied powers

The articles of the confederation were primarily concerned with

maintaining state sovereignty

The U.S. Constitution is the ________ written national constitution in the world, and one of the most ________.

oldest;copied

Which method related to the amendment process is legally allowed but has never been used in U.S. history?

proposing amendments via national convention

Technically, a _____________ is a government without a monarch, but also one based on the consent of the governed, who empower the elected representatives responsible to them.

republic

Which form of government is designed so that power resides in the people and is exercised by their elected representatives?

republicanism

Before any amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution, it provided a judicious balance between ________.

securing order and granting freedoms

In some situations, strict adherence to the Constitution can actually be detrimental, and political practice shifts governmental powers without any changes in the Constitution. Which example below demonstrates this?

the presidents power to declare war

The Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were similar in that they all expanded

the right to vote to populations previously denied.

The main "compromise" represented in the Great Compromise settled an ongoing debate by creating the House and Senate, and then

using a different form of representation in each.