POLS 1113 American Federal Government

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POLS 1113American Federal Government

• Chapter Quiz Universe
• Chapter 2The Constitution

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Including the Bill of Rights, there have been __
amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• a. 10 d. 27
• b. 19 e. 61
• c. 21

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Mercantilism is an economic theory based on

• a. development of native industries.
• b. strict import/export controls.
• c. maintaining a favorable balance of trade.
• d. a zero-sum assumption of economic
  relationships with other nations.
• e. all of the above.

4
Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams were among the
leaders of the

• a. Stamp Act Congress. d. Philadelphia
• b. Gang of Four. Parliament
• c. Sons of Liberty. e. Colonial
  Beer
• 
  Distributors
• 
  Association

5
The first official meeting among the thirteen
colonies was the

• a. Congress of Vienna. d. Treaty of
  Paris.
• b. Stamp Act Congress. e. Seneca Falls
• c. Representative Assembly. Convention.

6
In order to facilitate and coordinate
communication among independence minded
colonists, they formed

• a. the Sons of Liberty. d. Committees of
• b. a Continental Congress. Correspondence.
• c. the Ku Klux Klan. e. the Order of
  the
• 
  Free Masons.

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The First Continental Congress was called in
opposition to the

• a. taxes laid by the Stamp Act.
• b. French and Indian War.
• c. Tea Act.
• d. Coercive Acts.
• e. prohibition of westward expansion.

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At the First Continental Congress, delegates came
from

• a. all thirteen colonies. d. the colonies
  with the
• b. every colony except largest
  populations.
• Georgia e.
  Massachusetts, Virginia,
• c. every colony except and
  Pennsylvania. No
• Rhode Island one
  else bothered to attend.

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The Declaration of Independence was drafted by

• a. Thomas Jefferson. d. Rufus King.
• b. George Washington. e. James Madison.
• c. John Locke.

10
A type of government in which the national
government is weaker than its constituent parts
is called

• a. a unitary system. d. a confederacy.
• b. federalism. e. government by
• c. pluralism. committee.

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In 1781, the thirteen colonies adopted the __ as
the basis for their government.

• a. Federation Treaty d. North Atlantic
  Treaty
• b. Declaration of Organization
• Independence e. Constitution
• c. Articles of Confederation

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Under the political system established in 1781,
the national government

• a. had no executive or judiciary.
• b. could not reach a quorum of nine states
  present on a regular basis.
• c. was unable to regulate commerce among the
  states.
• d. did not have the power to tax individual
  citizens or the allied states.
• e. all of the above.

13
Under the Articles of Confederation, the
executive branch was

• a. responsible for executing the laws.
• b. dangerously powerful.
• c. quite strong.
• d. relatively weak.
• e. virtually nonexistent.

14
The Virginia Plan called for a national system
with

• a. equality among the states.
• b. a strong central government with a bicameral
  legislature.
• c. strong state governments and a slightly
  stronger central government.
• d. a single legislature with each state having
  two representatives.
• e. George Washington to become King.

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The smaller states, taken aback by the ambitious
plan supported by the larger states, quickly
formulated an alternative plan that simply
strengthened the existing system. The plan was
proposed by Thomas Patterson, then governor of
__, and became known as the __ Plan.

• a. Rhode Island d. Virginia
• b. Connecticut e. New Jersey
• c. Delaware

16
The most serious disagreement in the debate
between delegates of the large and small states
at the Constitutional Convention was the issue of

• a. westward expansion. d.
  judicial power.
• b. representation in Congress. e. taxation.
• c. slavery.

17
A committee was appointed at the Constitutional
Convention to work out the differences between
the proposals of the delegates from the large and
small states. The result was called

• a. the Great Compromise. d. the Virginia
  Plan.
• b. Montesquieus Revenge. e. the New Jersey
• c. the Congressional Plan
• Compromise

18
The electoral college system for electing the
president was intended to give

• a. the state legislatures a key role.
• b. insure the dominance of the federal
  government.
• c. average citizens the decisive power to choose
  the president.
• d. larger states an advantage in selecting the
  president.
• e. offer virtually every American the opportunity
  to serve as president.

19
The last section of the Constitution to be
drafted was

• a. Article I. d. Article VII.
• b. Article II. e. the Preamble.
• c. Article IV.

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The division of powers among the three branches
of government is called

• a. pluralism. d.
  functionalism.
• b. separation of powers. e. Lockean
  government.
• c. federalism.

21
A system of government in which power is divided
between various smaller state governments and a
national government is called

• a. unitarism. d. separation of
  powers.
• b. pluralism. e.
  bifurcationism.
• c. federalism.

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A governmental structure that gives each of the
three branches of government some degree of
oversight and control over the actions of the
other branches is called

• a. federalism. d. consensual
  oversight.
• b. command and control. e. checks and balances.
  
• c. government by
• stalemate.

23
The legislative branch of the U.S. government is
established in

• a. Article I. d. Article
  IV.
• b. Article II. e. Article
  V.
• c. Article III.

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Another name for the Constitutions necessary
and proper clause is the

• a. anything goes clause. d. elastic
  clause.
• b. enumerated powers clause. e. judicial
  review
• c. commerce clause.
  clause.

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The full faith and credit clause can be found
in Article __ of the Constitution.

• a. I d. IV
• b. II e. V
• c. III

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Article IV is also known as the __ clause.

• a. taxation d. full faith
  and credit
• b. elastic e. top dog
• c. supremacy

27
Once the Constitutional Convention was adjourned,
the drive for ratification among the states
began. Those partisans who favored ratification
were known as

• a. Democrats. d.
  Anti-Federalists.
• b. Federalists. e. Rich
  Bastards.
• c. Republicans

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A series of eighty-five political pamphlets
written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and
James Madison in support of ratification were
called the

• a. Pennsylvannia Packet. d. Federalist Papers.
• b. Publius Papers. e. Poor
  Richards
• c. Ratification Debates. Almanac.

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According to James Madison, a federal system of
government

• a. creates small, more responsive state
  governments.
• b. separates power between branches of
  government.
• c. creates a government too large and complex to
  be controlled by any one faction.
• d. prevents tyranny.
• e. all of the above.

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The amendment process for the Constitution is set
out in Article V, proposing a

• a. fairly easy procedure for changing the
  document.
• b. two-stage process of proposal and
  ratification.
• c. fairly difficulty process for changing the
  document.
• d. options b and c.
• e. all of the above.

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The Anti-Federalists demanded a series of
amendments to the Constitution in order to
protect individual liberties. Upon ratification,
most of these proposals were adopted in 1791, and
are known as

• a. the Anti-Federalist Amendments.
• b. the Sore Losers Amendments.
• c. the Bill of Rights.
• d. checks and balances.
• e. the libertarian Amendments.

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True/False Universe
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During the 1600s, English monarchs allowed the
colonists considerable autonomy in terms of
self-government, religious practices, and
economic organization.

• a. True b. False

34
The Sons of Liberty were organized by the
British to fight during the French and Indian
War, and were used to spy on the increasingly
restive colonists after the Stamp Act Crisis.

• a. True b. False

35
Committees of Correspondence were established to
communicate ideas among the colonists after the
first Continental Congress.

• a. True b. False

36
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to argue for a
break with the corrupt British monarchy and for
Americans to establish an independent, democratic
nation of their own.

• a. True b. False

37
The Declaration of Independence proclaimed the
right of American colonies to separate from
Britain, and was written by James Madison.

• a. True b. False

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The Constitution was the first compact among the
thirteen colonies.

• a. True b. False

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The Articles of Confederation were failing due to
the inability to pay war debts, levy taxes, and
regulate commerce among the independent colonies.

• a. True b. False

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Under the Articles of Confederation, a unanimous
vote was needed for any amendments.

• a. True b. False

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The Articles of Confederation set up a system in
which power was shared between the states and a
national government.

• a. True b. False

42
The 1787 Constitutional Convention met in
Philadelphia with the sole and express purpose of
revising the existing government.

• a. True b. False

43
The first plan presented on the opening day of
the Constitutional Convention was called the New
Jersey Plan.

• a. True b. False

44
The Virginia Plan argued for the rights and
privileges of the states with large populations.

• a. True b. False

45
The Great Compromise recommended a bicameral
legislature in which all appropriations bills
would originate in a House of Representatives.

• a. True b. False

46
The separation of powers was designed to
constrain the powers of government.

• a. True b. False

47
The supremacy clause is found in Article I,
Section 8 of the Constitution.

• a. True b. False

48
Article II vests the executive power in a
president.

• a. True b. False

49
The new Constitution established a ratification
process that required nine of the thirteen
colonies to vote in support of its acceptance as
the supreme law of the land.

• a. True b. False

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In Federalist 10, James Madison argued that the
greatest threat to individual liberty in a
democratic society came from the rise of
factions.

• a. True b. False

51
The Equal Rights Amendment pass Congress and was
ratified in the same year, 1982.

• a. True b. False

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The Constitution can only be changed through a
formal amendment process.

• a. True b. False