gov quiz

Which state did NOT send delegates to the convention in Philadelphia?

Rhode Island

Which of the following is the president NOT given the unconditional right to do under the Constitution?

appoint the Speaker of the House of Representatives

Antifederalists bitterly attacked which two parts of the Constitution as unlimited and dangerous grants of power to the national government?

the supremacy clause and the elastic clause

Which entity is placed in charge of determining whether a state discriminated against goods or people from another state?

the supreme court

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.

Which of the following statements about the Articles of Confederation is INCORRECT?

The Articles of Confederation included a provision for appointing a president.

The events that led to the Revolutionary war were triggered by

The British raised revenue by increasing the tax rate of the colonies

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

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

The Federalist papers were

a series of 85 essays written between the fall of 1787 and the spring of 1788 that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.

The Federalists believed that the powers of government could be limited by

creating an internal system of checks and controls within government.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was significant because it

established the principles of land surveying and land ownership that governed America's westward expansion.

Which of the following possesses the sole power to create revenue bills

house of representatives

According to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, the president has the power to

officially recognize other nations.

The Stamp act was a tax on

tax on sugar, molasses, and other commodities.

Judicial review is the power of

the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.