GOVERNMENT QUIZ III
__________was heard from some 20,000 protesters, many of them women, in October of 1932 as they demanded repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
"We want beer"
Before it could take effect, the Constitution had to be ratified by __________ states.
9
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's statement that "all men are created equal" is similar to which theorist's belief that government is based on the "consent of the governed"?
John Locke
The key principle argued in the case Marbury v. Madison was
Judicial review
The framers of the Constitution intended _________ to be the strongest branch(es) of government.
Congress
The _________ guaranteed citizenship to all persons, including blacks.
Fourteenth Amendment
The _________ Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Fourth
The Federalist Papers were drafted by
Madison, Hamilton, and Jay
The Supreme Court first declared that the courts have the power to overturn government acts that conflict with the Constitution in
Marbury v. Madison
Which state legislature sent no delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island
Which document proclaimed, "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not ... expressly delegated to the United States"?
The Articles of Confederation
The Great Compromise provided for
a two-chamber legislature with equal representation for all states in one chamber and population-based representation in the other.
The chief obstacle to ratification of the Constitution by the states was
the omission of a bill of rights.
Which of the following is not a power granted to the president under the Constitution?
the power to declare war
The power of the president to veto laws is an example of
checks and balances
Under separation of powers, the U.S. system keeps power among branches balanced by enabling one branch to counter the actions of another by the use of
checks and balances.
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence
condemned the king's support of the slave trade.
Under the Constitution, the slave trade
could be ended after twenty years.
A constitutional clause that allows for a broad interpretation of implied powers is known as a(n) __________ clause.
elastic
The constitutional amendment process requires
extraordinary majorities
Shays's Rebellion consisted of
farmers trying to prevent foreclosure on their property for debts and taxes owed.
After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the founders adopted a ___________ form of government, strong enough to maintain order but not to dominate the states
federal
Unless they have impeached, federal judges serve
for life
One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that both plans
left unspecified how many people might comprise the executive
Article I of the Constitution refers to the
legislative branch
Amendments to the constitution may be proposed by two-thirds votes in both the House and the Senate or by a
national convention.
According to John Locke, all legitimate political authority exists to preserve
natural rights
The text of the Constitution deals with slavery by
not mentioning it directly.
An estimated _________ American colonists remained loyal to the British Crown.
one in five
The chief goal of the drafters of the Articles of Confederation was to
protect states' rights
According to the New Jersey Plan, how was representation to be structured in Congress?
There would be one house, and all states would have equal representation in it.
A republic is a government
resting on the consent of the governed through their representatives.
The chief objective of the First Continental Congress was to
restore peaceful relations between the colonies and Great Britain.
Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to
revise the Articles of Confederation.
The notion that governmental authority springs from the consent of the governed is derived from
social contract theory.
After the Constitution was amended to permit the federal government to levy a progressive income tax, government could more effectively further the goal of
social equality.
The Daughters of Liberty opposed British rule by
spinning their own cloth and using colonial products rather than buying imported British products.
Among the most undemocratic features of the U.S. Constitution is the
state equality rule.
The Bill of Rights consists of the first __________ amendments to the Constitution.
ten
A major event that led to greater British taxation of American colonies was
the Seven Years' War.
One result of the Second Continental Congress was
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
Historian Jack Rakove argues that in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was arguing for
the collective right of revolution and self-government
A confederation can best be described as
a loose association of independent states
The assignment in the Constitution of lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches respectively is known as
a separation of powers
Antifederalists attacked the proposed Constitution on the grounds that
the national government it created was too strong.
Including the Bill of Rights, __________ amendments have been added to the Constitution
twenty-seven
According to Madison in Federalist No 10, the most common and durable source of factions has been
unequal distribution of property
Article VI of the constitution contains provisions establishing
the supremacy clause and the no religious test clause.
The primary contribution of the Federalist papers is
their insight into the reasons for constitutional provisions.
The _________ guarantees that citizens' right to vote cannot be denied "on account of sex."
Nineteenth Amendment
The American Revolution effectively ended with the surrender of Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown in
1781
The three-fifths compromise resolved the issue of
...
Which amendment does the text categorize as "disastrous"?
Eighteenth Amendment
The _________ Amendment protects against excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
Eighth
After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the founders adopted a ________ form of government, strong enough to maintain order but not to dominate the states.
Federal
The power of Congress to charter a bank is an example of what type of power?
Implied
The first fighting in the American Revolution happened in ________ in early 1775.
Massachusetts
Which of the following is not one of the political principles relied on by the founders?
One person, one vote
Which document proclaimed, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"?
The Declaration of Independence
The plan presented at the Constitutional Convention generally favored by large states was
The Virginia Plan
When compared with the U.S. Constitution, most American state constitutions
are longer and more detailed.
The main argument against the need for a bill of rights was that
the Constitution established a government of limited powers; because the government was not given the power to regulate individual liberties, no bill of rights was necessary.
The Articles of Confederation failed because
they did not provide an effective means for the government to raise money, they did not include an independent leader to direct the government, and they did not give the government the power to regulate commerce.
Federalist No. 10 and Federalist No. 51 each argue, from different angles, that the constitution combats
tyranny.
To amend the Articles of Confederation required a(n)
unanimous vote of the Confederation Congress.