Government CP Unit 2 Review

Which of the following best describes the United States government as written in The Constitution?

Indirect democracy.

Which of the following summarizes the Three-fifths Compromise?

Stated 3/5ths of all states were required to ratify the Constitution

Federalists believed which of the following? There should not be a strong central government. The elite and wealthy had no place in the government. Direct democracy was the best form of government.

None of these answers are correct

Former U.S. President Richard Nixon resigned from office before he faced impeachment charges for his role in the Watergate scandal, which involved a break-in and theft. Nixon's resignation showed which of the following fundamental values in American government?

Rule of Law

Laws are made when a bill is introduced, approved by both houses of Congress, and signed into law by the President. The President's ability to veto a bill is an example of which of the following?

Separation of powers

You have worked hard with your interest group to write a bill about your favorite cause. you have a sponsor for the bill in Congress. When you meet with your representative, they say that they cannot promise the bill will be passed, even though they strongly agree with it. which of the following fundamental concepts of American government does this reflect?

Separation of powers

Which of the following showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a Constitution that balanced the fundamental values of both order and liberty?

Shay's Rebellion

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government." Source: Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801-1809), The Declaration of Independence, ratified July 4, 1776 Based on this excerpt, Jefferson would most likely agree with which ONE of the following statements?

A government is only just if the people have a voice in it.

Anti-Federalists believed which of the following? Ordinary people should have significant input into government The elite were not the best to govern because they were corrupt. State governments should be stronger than the federal government.

All of these answers are correct

"In revising the federal system we ought to inquire 1. into the properties, which such a government ought to possess, 2. the defects of the confederation, 3. the danger of our situation & 4. the remedy. The Character of such a government ought to secure 1. against foreign invasion, 2. against dissensions between members of the Union, or seditions in particular States, 3. to procure to the several States various blessings, of which an isolated situation was incapable, 4. to be able to defend itself against encroachment, &5. to be paramount to the state constitutions." Source: Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia (1786-1788), The Writings of James Madison: the Journal of Constitutional Convention, recorded May 29, 1787 In this excerpt, Randolph was in favor of which of the following?

Developing a new constitution with adequate power for the government

The decisions in Miranda v. Arizona that led to the requirement of police officers to read suspects their rights when they are being arrested is an example of which of the following?

Due process

Which ONE of the following principles CANNOT be found in the Declaration of Independence?

Federalism is necessary in a democratic system

In Flowers v. Mississippi, the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiff, who was tired six times for a quadruple murder and imprisoned for 22 years, deserves a new trail because of the prosecution's racial discrimination in jury selection. Which of the following fundamental constitutional values of American government is reflected in scenario?

Judicial review

Which of the following was written in 1215, established the belief that monarch's rule was not absolute, and provided the basis for the later development of parliament?

The Magna Carta

The most common indication that a government is ruled by law is which of the following?

The existence of a written constitution

Which THREE of the following statements characterized the Declaration of Independence?

The famous introduction clearly reflected John Locke's Social Contract Theory The Declaration stated that the colonists had the right to alter or to abolish the British government for abusing the people's right to alter or to abolish the British government for abusing the people's rights, and to institute a new government Thomas Jefferson drafted the document primarily as a list of grievances against the king

"to what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining a practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places." Source: James Madison, President of the United States (1809-1817), The Federalist Papers: No.51, published February 8, 1788 In this excerpt, Madison is advocating for which ONE of the following fundamental principle of the United States constitutional democracy?

The government should be structured to limit its own power through a system of checks and balances.

"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice." Source: John, King of England(1199-1216), The Magna Carta, signed June 15, 1215 Based on this excerpt, the Magna Carta influenced which ONE of the following fundamental principles of American government?

The right to due process of law

For several reasons, the shift from government to self-rule was not sudden after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

the American colonists learned self-government from the French and Indians.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jap wrote compelling arguments in favor of ratification in a series of essays known as which of the following?

the Federalist Papers