Quiz 2-GOVT 2305

"Brutus" and "The Federal Farmer" were two pseudonyms used by the

Antifederalists

The expressed powers of Congress are listed in ________ of the U.S. Constitution.

Article 1, Section 8

The 1787 convention to draft the new constitution was held in

Philadelphia

Federalist 51 provides a substantive explanation for the idea of

checks and balances

Which of the following is NOT a tool that Congress can use to influence the federal judiciary?

choosing which cases will be heard before the Supreme Court

Madison argues in Federalist 10 that which of the following is the best way to solve the problem of factions?

create a republican form of government

Federalist 10 states that increasing the population size of the country will

decreases the effects of factions

Judicial review is is the power of

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

Why was the decision to assign jurisdiction over controversies between citizens of different states to the Supreme Court significant?

.It meant that the federal judiciary, rather than the state courts, would ultimately become the primary venue for resolving disputes.

The First Continental Congress was

.a group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods.

The Articles of Confederation were ratified by all of the states in

1781

How many amendments are in the Constitution?

27

Procedures for amending the Constitution are found in Article

5

How was political power in the Continental Congress divided under the Articles of Confederation?

Each state had an equal vote

John Locke's ideas

Individuals create governments to protect their lives, liberties, and possessions, and if a government fails in its duties, the citizenry has the right to alter or abolish it.

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

Rhode Island

Which of the following statements about national defense under the Articles of Confederation is FALSE?

The president served as the commander in chief of the nation's armed forces.

Why did the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention turn down the idea of including a list of citizens' rights in the Constitution?

They believed that since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.

Federalist 51 said the Legislative branch should be

a divided institution

Daniel Shay was

a former army captain who led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government

The purpose of Federalist 10 is to describe the evils of:

factions

States like Delaware, Connecticut, and New York opposed the Virginia Plan because they

feared that large states would dominate the new government if representation were to be determined by population, as stipulated by the Virginia Plan.

The system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the state governments, is called

federalism

The most important political value for the framers of the Constitution was

individual liberty

Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu was a French political thinker who argued that

power needed to be balanced by power as a bulwark against tyranny

The decision to give the national government control over interstate commerce and finance was motivated primarily by the framers' desire to

promote economic development and protect property from radical state legislatures.

According to historian Charles Beard, the framers of the Constitution were mostly concerned with

promoting their own economic interests

Who were the Federalists during the ratification debates?

those who supported the Constitution because it contained a strong national government

The Constitution expressly grants which of the following powers to Congress?

to regulate interstate commerce

The framers of the US Constitution intended to create a presidency capable of

withstanding excessive democratic popular pressure by making it subject to indirect election through the electoral college