Government Unit 2 test

Which was a basic principle of the Constitution?

Supremacy of the Chief Executive

Primarily, the Articles of Confederation was tasked with

defense

In the principle of ______, power is shared between states and the national government

federalism

Both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

gave the President the power to declare war established three distinct branches of government could be amended WRONG worked well for their time provided for a strong central government

. An eligible citizen voting is an example of the principle of

popular sovereignty

. The word that means the approval required to validate government agreements is

ratification

The three-fifths compromise dealt specifically with the slave trade

slaves counting in regards to both taxation and representation

Judicial review allows the federal courts to

strike down unconstitutional laws

The Great Compromise concerned

Representation between the small states and the large states

Charles Montesquieu's most enduring idea is that of the

Separation of Powers

The statement of purpose for the Constitution is the

Preamble

The offices of President and Vice President are established in Article

2

In order to ratify an amendment, ___ of state legislatures must agree

3/4ths

How many articles are in the Constitution

7

According to Article VII, how many states are required to ratify the Constitution?

9

Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

Which statement regarding the Articles of Confederation is accurate? Under the Articles of Confederation:

Congress had no power of taxation

The Great Compromise was proposed by the delegation from which state?

Connecticut

This compromise determined states would be represented by population in the House and equally in the Senate

Connecticut

Which argument was settled by the Great Compromise?

Equal vs. proportional representation in the legislature

The president and chairman at the Constitutional Convention was

George Washington

Detail the situation of the American states during the 1780s when the Articles of Confederation were active. Analyze at least three specific weaknesses of the Articles and explain why many argued a new system was necessary.

In the 1780s, the federal government was weak. There were economic problems and the states were not willing to help out. Each state maintained their own army. One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government could not force the states to obey its laws. A new system was necessary so that there was unity and order within the government. A second weakness was the congress could not collect taxes. It was necessary to collect taxes so that the government would have money to pay for necessary things. A third weakens was that the unanimous approval from all states was required to pass an amendment. Because there were strong opinions and feelings towards an issue, it was almost impossible to get a unanimous vote. It was necessary to change this so that amendments could be passed.

Why was the Virginia Plan so shocking to delegates from other states at the constitutional convention?

It created a bicameral legislature It created a national government that would be the supreme law of the land A national judiciary would be appointed by the legislature Separation of powers was established by dividing government into three branches WRONG

The arrangement called for by this idea was most similar to the Articles of Confederation

New Jersey Plan

All of these were concerns Anti-Federalists had with the Constitution except

No bill of rights

. Analyze two compromises in the Constitutional Convention. Be sure to include both sides of each compromise in specific detail.

One compromise was the Great Compromise. The Virginia Plan wanted the membership of the House and the Senate to be based upon population. The delegates from small states got mad because they wouldn't be represented equally. The compromise was to have the House of representative delegates be based on the population of the state while the delegates to the Senate would be equal. Each would have two delegates. A second compromise was the three-fifths compromise. The southern states wanted to be able to count their slaves towards the population count, which would give them more representatives in Congress, but they did not want the slaves to count towards taxes. The northern states said that since the southerners referred to their slaves as property, then they should count towards taxation, but not towards population. The compromise was to allow slaves to be counted as 3/5ths of a person. They were counted for both taxation and representation purposes.

If national and state laws conflict, the national law wins due to

The Supremacy Clause

Which statement about the Bill of Rights is not true?

They were ratified at the same time as the Constitution

________ was one of the first individuals to outline the principle of _______

Thomas Paine, limited government A

. The delegation from this state created a plan for a government which would be the basis for much of the Conventions' debate

Virginia

Which decision was likely the most important decision made at the Constitutional Convention?

Which decision was likely the most important decision made at the Constitutional Convention?

In regards to slavery, the Constitution

allowed slavery to continue

People who did not support ratification of the Constitution were known as

anti-federalists

The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had

only a legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral congress

Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by

congress

One of the purposes of the American government, as found in the Preamble is

insure domestic tranquility

The reason that confederations do not make good central governments is that they

lack power and authority

The Articles of Confederation created a weak national government because

leaders in the states feared the creation of another monarchy

. Declaring war, coining money and regulating interstate commerce are examples of powers the Constitution delegated to

national government

A general name for the male American patriots during the Revolutionary War, especially the signers of the Declaration of Independence and those who drafted the Constitution

the U.S. framers

Article III of the Constitution covers

the judicial branch

Nearly all the framers were

young, educated and middle class old, educated and wealthy WRONG young, middle class and farmers old, educated and middle class young, educated and wealthy