Quiz 1+2 Government

What happened as a result of Shays' Rebellion?

A convention was called for, to meet in Annapolis.

A key concern for the group known as the ______ was that the proposed Constitution lacked a bill of rights.

Anti-Federalists

The principle if --- and --- is designed to prevent a branch of government from exceeding its constitutional powers

Checks and balances

According to the Virginia Plan, who or what would exercise power in all areas "in which the separate states are incompetent"?

Congress

True or false: The Virginia Plan favored the states with smaller populations.

False

What was the lesson of the Articles of Confederation?

Government must be granted the amount of power that is necessary for it to carry out its responsibilities.

A government that is subject to strict legal constraints on the uses of power so as not to threaten the people's liberty is a ______.

Limited government

Another term for "inalienable rights" is ______ rights.

Natural

The agreement of ______ states was required to enact legislation under the Articles of Confederation.

Nine. Thirteen states were needed to amend the Articles of Confederation, but only nine states were needed to enact legislation.

When the states drafted new constitutions after the start of the Revolutionary War, ______ did not have separation of powers. Its negative experience, in which the all-powerful legislature ignored basic rights and freedoms, proved the necessity of separation.

Pennsylvania

Which of the following are elements of the social contract that John Locke believed was the foundation of government?

People submit to governmental authority in return for the protection it can provide, if it respects their rights. People are born with certain inalienable rights, such as life, liberty, and property. If a government does not respect the natural rights of the people, the people can rightfully rebel against it.

Identify the events that led to creation of the U.S. Constitution.

Shays' rebellion had shown the weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation. Madison and Hamilton encouraged delegates at the Annapolis Convention to meet again to revise the Articles of Confederation. The Annapolis Convention did not have enough participants to revise the Articles of Confederation.

Which of the following were features of the Virginia Plan for national government?

States with the largest populations would have the most representatives. It would include a bicameral legislature.

What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

The national government did not have the power to regulate commerce between the states. The national government depended on the states for its funding, and they often didn't pay their full share.

Why didn't Congress respond with troops when the governor of Massachusetts asked for assistance during Shays' Rebellion?

There were no troops to send.

True or false: It took over 60 votes for the delegates to the constitutional convention to agree on how the president would be chosen.

True

What provision had been removed from Jefferson's initial draft of the Declaration of Independence at the insistence of southern states?

a statement critical of slavery

Southern delegates to the Philadelphia convention were determined to ______.

block any attempt to end slavery

Goals of the framers of the Constitution included ______.

dividing power between the national government and the states preserving the states as governing entities creating a national government that could meet the nation's defense needs

Why was there strong support for a bill of rights during the debate over ratification of the Constitution?

fear that the national government would not respect people's rights

In the Electoral College, each state has electors equal to ______.

its representation in Congress

One goal of the framers of the Constitution was to ______.

preserve the states as governing entities

Which of the following are constitutional grants of power to the national government?

raising an army taxation declaring war against another nation

A government in which people govern by voting for officials to act for them is called a ______.

representative government

The Philadelphia convention was called to ______.

revise the Articles of Confederation

Which British policy was the main source of dispute for the American colonists?

taxation without representation

Anti-Federalists believed that ______.

the national government was going to have excessive power under the Constitution

Who among the following felt threatened by Shays' Rebellion?

the wealthy

Americans' personal freedom at the time the Constitution was being created is best characterized as ______.

unparalleled

The American Revolution was partly a rebellion against Britain's failure to ______.

uphold colonial traditions of self-government