AP Government Chapter 2 Assignment

Informal changes to the Constitution have been rare and ineffective

false

The Annapolis meeting of 1787 produced the first real reform of the Articles of Confederation

false

The Constitution requires members of the electoral college to vote for the candidate preferred by their state's electorate

false

The Constitution was unanimously approved and signed by every delegate attending the Constitutional Convention.

false

The three-fifths compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved the delegates' differences over the issue of state representation

false

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by James Madison

fase

After the Revolution, power in the state legislatures shifted

from the wealthy to those with more moderate incomes

The amendments that have been added to the Constitution have made it

more egalitarian and democratic

Lockean thought and the Declaration of Independence are similar in that both

support the concept of natural rights and the idea that government be built on the consent of the governed.

The British government stepped up its controls over the American colonies with new taxes and stronger commerce regulations right after

the French and Indian War

During the colonial period,

the King and Parliament generally confined themselves to governing the colonies' foreign and trade policies

According to James Madison, factions arise from the unequal distribution of wealth

true

Most delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 held a cynical view of human nature

true

Technology has had the effect of diminishing the separation of the people from those who exercise power

true

The President has no formal role in amending the the Constitution.

true

The system of checks and balances and the separation of powers in the Constitution has a conservative bias because it favors the status quo

true

Which of the following was NOT occurring in the states during the time of the Articles of Confederation?

upper-class dominance

The Madisonian system

has a conservative bias favoring the status quo

In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court claimed for itself the power of ________

judicial review

The Declaration of Independence argued that

people should revolt when they suffer deep injustices

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by

Thomas Jefferson

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was

Thomas Jefferson

The separation of powers and the checks and balances established by the Constitution

allow almost all groups some place in the political system where their demands for public policy can be heard

The system of checks and balances in the Constitution means that

change usually comes slowly, if at all, and moderation and compromise are typical in our political system

The Madisonian requirement that each branch of government acquire the consent of the others for many of its actions created a system of

checks and balances

Informal changes to the Constitution have reflected changes in all of the following EXCEPT

constitutional ammendments

Which of the following situations was NOT considered an economic problem by the writers of the Constitution?

National taxes were too high

The Bill of Rights constitute the first ____ amendments to the Constitution

10

The 26th Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1971, lowered the nationwide voting age to ____

18

The framers of the Constitution gave the chief economic policymaking role to

Congress

The ________ Compromise settled the dispute between large states and small states at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress

Connecticut

A _________ a nation's basic law

Constitution

The ______ was passed by Congress in 1972 by large majorities, then ratified by a majority of states, but fell three states short of the number required in order to be added to the Constitution

ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

The articles written under the pseudonym Publius to encourage ratification of the Constitution, explaining the document detail-by-detail, were known collectively as the __________

Federalist Papers

According to Locke, government must be based on

consent of the governed