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Under the Articles of Confederation, approval from how many out of the 13 states were required to pass any measure?

9 out of 13

In The Federalist 10, which of the following did James Madison argue would best control the negative effects of factions

A large federal republic

What is the implied agreement between people and government, where the people agree to give up some of their liberty?

A social contract

The United States' first constitution was the ________________________________.

Articles of Confederation

What are the basic Principles of the constitution?

Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.

Which of the following is NOT a formal requirement for becoming President of the United States?

Male

Which of the following cases expanded the powers of Congress by defining the necessary and proper clause more broadly?

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

According to the Declaration of Independence, the natural, unalienable rights include all of the following except

Property

The power to create new federal courts and to determine the number of justices at each level rests with

The United States Congress

Which of the following are election requirements for the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the presidency?

They must be citizens of the United States.

Which of the following was not one of the authors of the Federalist Papers?

Thomas Jefferson

The Virginia Plan requested

a legislature with one house's composition based upon state population

In order to win the presidency, a candidate must have

a majority of electoral votes

One check that the Senate has on both the executive branch and the judicial branch is its power of

advise and consent.

Marbury v. Madison (1803) is a landmark case because it

clarified the courts' judicial review authority

The constitutional powers of the president include all of the following EXCEPT

declaring war

John Locke influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution. His primary philosophy was that human beings

derive their rights from God

The Constitution's supremacy clause

makes the Constitution and all federal laws the supreme law of the land gives the president supremacy in any conflict with the other branches

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans, introduced at the Constitutional Convention, differed mainly over whether

states should send equal numbers of representatives to Congress

Another name for the 'necessary and proper' clause in the Constitution is

the elastic clause

The ultimate authority to interpret the meaning of constitutional language, and hence to decide what is the supreme law

the majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

All of the following clauses of the United States Constitution assisted in expanding the power of the federal government

the power to choose the time and manner of elections