Ch 2 The Constitution True/False

True

Technology has had the effect of diminishing the separation of the people from those who exercise power.

False

The Annapolis meeting of 1786 produced the first real reform of the Articles of Confederation

True

The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention led to an agreement that slaves would be counted as three-fifths representation in Congress.

False

The Connecticut compromise gives more power to the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court

True

The Constitution created a Republic.

True

The Constitution usually means what the Supreme Court says it means.

False

The Constitution was intended to be static and flexible.

True

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.

True

The U.S Constitution may be described as the"Political Bible" of a given society

True

The US has fifty one constitutions, one for each state and the national government.

True

The founders believed that state governments, where most of the governmental activity was expected to take place, would act as checks on the power of the national government.

False

Those who opposed the ratification on the Constitution were known as Federalists.

False

A constitution is always nuetral

True

According to James Madison, factions arise from the unequal distribution of political power.

True

Amendments to the Constitution over the nation's history have expanded the American electorate by extending the right to vote to women, non-whites, and 18 year-olds, thus further democratizing our system of government.

True

Burning the flag is a legally protected form of political expression according to the US Supreme Court.