POS2041 Chapter 2
How many Senators were there in the first Congress?
26
Which of the following statements about the Declaration of Independence is accurate?
It specifically identified and focused on grievances, aspirations, and principles that might unify the various colonial groups.
Which of the following was established in the Tenth Amendment?
Powers not specifically granted by the Constitution to the federal government were reserved to the states or to the people.
What aspect of the Constitution was brought up as the central issue regarding the health care reform law?
The Commerce Clause
Which of the following structural aspects was established for the legislature by the Constitution?
The Senate was given the power to approve presidential appointments.
Which of the following is true about the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?
The framers were deeply divided on the issue of presidential selection.
Antifederalists' concerns about the Constitution
included a concern that the Constitution did not specifically enumerate protected civil liberties.
Proponents of the idea of the "living" Constitution would likely support the concept of
judicial review.
The New England-based merchants and southern planters
organized together in opposition to taxes imposed by the Stamp and Sugar Acts.
The Articles of Confederation
preceded the U.S. Constitution.
Under the U.S. Constitution
states decide their own way of selecting electors in presidential elections.
Which of the following did the Antifederalists most vigorously disapprove of?
the elastic clause
One key demonstration of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was
the size and duration of Shays's Rebellion.
In general, the Federalists' future vision of the United States
triumphed over the Antifederalist vision.
Under the Great Compromise, the Senate
was an arena where large and small states would compete on equal footing.
As a political value, individual liberty
was preeminent for the Constitution's authors.
Income taxes
were not in existence in the mid-eighteenth century.
The elastic clause
gives Congress the ability to pass laws necessary to carry out its expressed powers.
The concept of the "mixed regime," so called by theorists such as Montesquieu and incorporated into the Constitution, meant that each branch of government
had a distinct constituency.
Changing the structure or composition of the federal government
has been the motivating factor behind most of the post-Bill of Rights amendments.
Comparing the population map with the proportional map of the United States, which state is most accurate in size?
Virginia
Which state had the most influence in the House of Representatives?
Virginia
The Bill of Rights mollified concerns about
an overly powerful central government.
At the present time, the electoral college is typically favored
by republicans
What evidence does one panelist provide to show that the Constitution is working?
continuing debate about how to interpret the Constitution
What is the key to understanding the Constitution in a contemporary context?
court interpretations
The total boycott of all British goods in the colonies came immediately after which event?
creation of the First Continental Congress
The executive leader or presiding officer specified by the Articles of Confederation
did not exist; the Articles specified no executive leader.
The process of amending the Constitution is ____, leading to a ____ proportion of proposed amendments succeeding.
difficult; very small
The core component of the New Jersey Plan was that
each state would be equally represented in the new regime regardless of that state's population.