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Under the Articles of Confederation

committees of the states met when congress was not in session

Which was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

supreme court had no authority to veto presidential declarations

Article II of the Articles of Confederation established

what powers were left to the states

Under the Virginia Plan congress

would elect an unspecified number of individuals for the national executive

The requirement that the presidential appointments to the Supreme Court be approved by the Senate is based o the system of

Checks and balances

It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices. Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal. Whichof the following most clearly disagrees with the authors argument

Federalist 10

Those that disagreed with Hamilton were most concerned by which of the following constuitutional provisions

Necessary and proper clause in Article I

Which of the following best represents the ideas described in Brutus I?

The constitution gives too much power to the federal government which will take away the powers of the states and fail to protect personal liberties

Which of the following would best exemplify the concept of the Virginia Plan if it had been adopted as the basis for congressional representation?

both the house and the senate would have more representation from the larger states

It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices. Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal. But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Which of the following best summarizes Hamilton's argument

checks and balances will protect the rights of the people

The Virginia Plan

desired equal representation in the house and the senate

Which of the following best represents the ideas described in Federalist 10

factions can threaten a government, but a large republic would allow many different views to be heard and would not threaten the rights of the monority

Habeas Corpus Act

guaranteed that a person had the right to be brought before a judge

The Mayflower Compact

provided a means for the citizens to write new laws whenever they saw necessary and established the principles by which any new governments would be formed

that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness The quotation above is most directly a reflection of which of the following important principles of American goverenment

representative democracy is the best form of government for the people

Which of the following best represents the ideas described in Federalist 51?

separation of powers and checks and balances will prevent tyranny of the government and render the Bill of Rights unnescessary

Which of the following issues led to the 3/5 compromise

slavery

All of the following statements are correct EXCEPT

the Magna Carta originally was intended only for the nobility.

Which of the following best illustrates the concept of separation of powers

the legislative branch make laws and the executive branch enforces laws

In Federalist #51, Hamilton and Madison argue that

the separate branches will limit power

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. which of the following best represents the Founder's belief in the role of government based on the excerpt above

they believed in a limited government based on popular soveriegnty

Which of the following would be true concerning the Articles or the Constitution?

under the Articles the congress could not raise taxes the states but under the Constitution they could