PLS ch. 2 quiz

The United States' first written constitution was called the ________.

Articles of Confederation

The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

British government's decision to grant the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain.

Which of the following was a ramification of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

It allowed for a political agreement between the North and the South

Under the Articles of Confederation, the

The Continental Congress had no power to lay taxes.

Which of the following statements about the House of Representatives and the Senate is true?

The House has the power to originate revenue bills, while the Senate does not.

A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.

confederation

The writing of the Constitution demonstrates the

marriage of interests and principles.

Shays's Rebellion was an attempt to

prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers.

The Virginia Plan proposed a system of representation in the national legislature that was based on

the population of each state, the proportion of each state's revenue contribution, or both.

The Declaration of Independence was a remarkable philosophical statement for its time because it asserted that

there were "unalienable rights" that could not be abridged by governments.

Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around which slogan?

"no taxation without representation"

Which of the following best describes the process of amending the Constitution?

It is difficult and has rarely been used successfully to address specific public problems.

The principles of "separation of powers" and "checks and balances" can be traced to the work of

Montesquieu

Montesquieu called ________ the principle of giving each branch of government its own constituency.

a mixed regime

How was political power in the Continental Congress divided under the Articles of Confederation?

each state had an equal vote

During the Philadelphia convention, the New Jersey Plan was supported by ________.

less-populous states

During the ratification debates, the Antifederalists were those who

opposed the new Constitution because they wanted a weaker central government.

The Federalists believed that the most apparent source of tyranny was the ________.

popular majority

The framers employed the separation of powers and federalism in order to

prevent the new government from abusing its power.

The delegates at the Philadelphia convention turned down the idea of including a list of citizens' rights in the Constitution because they believed that

since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.