Practice for unit 1

4. The Federalist 10: A large republic presents more opportunities for groups to participate, compete, and limit each other

A large republic because power will be dispersed and the dangers of factions will be mitigated

10. Which of the following describes a possible method that can check the power of the president who willingly violates the constitutional balance of power as described in the passage?

Congress can impeach and remove a president who is unable or unwilling to perform his or her official functions.

2. Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution lists several powers that are denied to the federal government, such as granting titles of nobility and ex post facto laws. This best demonstrates which of the following ideals of democracy?

Limited government

8. Which of the following excerpts from Article I of the United States Constitution resolves a problem described by the author?

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties... to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare" (Article 1, Section 8)

5. Which of the following best characterizes the general argument made in Brutus 1?

A large republic is dangerous to personal liberty and undermines the states

11. Which of the following statements accurately describes the majority opinion of the Supreme Court in United States v. Lopez (1995)?

Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime. (Commerce clause was limited in its use to expand federal power, which resulted in temporarily preserving state police power.

1. As a compromise, the framers agreed on a bicameral legislature, with the House of Representatives elected by popular vote within states and the Senate selected by state legislatures. The direct method conforms most to which of the following democratic ideals?

Government should be based on the condent of the governed

3. Brutus 1: the country was too large to be governed as a republic and that the Constitution gave too much power to the national government

Nations with extended territory cannot fairly represent their citizens in a republican form of government

7. The Federalist 15: "the United States has an indefinite discretion to [plead] for men and money" Which of the following is a difference between the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution that is a response to a problem expressed in the passage?

The Articles of Confederation allowed for the federal government to request revenues from states but did not permit it to tax citizens directly, whereas under the United States Constitution the federal government could tax citizens directly

9. In the 1950s Southern states attempted to prevent integration of their public schools. In return, the National Guard was sent to force states to implement federal regulations. This scenario illustrates which of the following about the relationship between the states and national government?

The debate over the role of the central government and state powers is ongoing.

6. The Federalist 15: "they have no authority to raise either, by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America"

The debt crisis of the 1780s which the national government was unable to address due to lack of authority (lack of taxation power)