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Which branch of the federal government enforces the laws?

Executive

James Madison argues in Federalist 10 that factions should be

feared because they allow the majority to oppress the minority

The Bill of Rights

was adopted quickly by the first Federal Congress and the states after the ratification of Constitution

Federalism is a system of government

where power is constitutionally divided between the national government and local or regional governments

All of the following were concerns about the Article of Confederation that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention:

Fear for the stability of the central government; desire to promote trade among the states; lack of powerful executive branch; dissatisfaction with the central government's ability to provide national defense

Which of the following is not essential to democracy?

Separation of power

All of the statements in the answer choices below correctly describe differences between the anti-federalists and the federalists EXCEPT:

The anti-federalists were supported by large landowners, professionals, creditors, wealthy merchants, and those who lived in more densely settled areas by the seaboard whereas the federalists were supported by small farmers, shopkeepers, laborers, and debtors

Central to the idea of democracy is the belief that the government authority is derived from which of the following?

The people

One role of the legislative branch is to

decide the constitutionality of laws

The "Federalists Papers" emphasized that the Constitution would

establish a representative republic

The Constitution separates the power of the federal government by

establishing three different branches of government

"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition... if men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." The "auxiliary precautions" that Madison refers to in the quote from "Federalist 51" above are

federalism, checks and balances, and separation of powers

The Declaration of Independence most fully developed the argument that

governments should derive their legitimacy from the consent of the governed.

According to the Enlightenment idea of the "social contract" as put into effect in the system of government developed in the United States

individuals have agreed to give up some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of a government in exchange for the protection of their remaining natural rights

The framers of the original Constitution addressed the question of whether the right to vote should be based on universal suffrage or be very restricted by

leaving voting qualifications up to the states

A main reason the framers of the Constitution implemented the concept of Separation of powers was to

limit the power of a national (federal) government

A main reason the framers of the constitution implemented the concept of separation of powers was to

limit the power of a national (federal) government

In the "second treatise of civil government," John Locke wrote that the "great and chief end, therefore,of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property." In this statement, he most directly expresses his views on

most important purpose of government

In the sytem of checks and balances, Congress can do all the following:

override a veto; impeach and remove a Judge or President;

"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure Domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." The first phrase in the preamble to the Constitution best expresses which of the following principles:

popular sovereignity

the concept of "consent of the governed" is essential to

popular sovereignity

A bill of attainder

punishes people without a judicial trial

"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition... if men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." In the selection from "Federalist 51" above, James Madison argues that

the human tendency to operate in self-interest can be used as a way to limit government while still enabling it to function

According to James Madison in Federalist 10, the "most common and durable source of factions" has been

the unequal division of property