Exam 2: The Constitution of the United States: a New Vision of Representative Government

While the Articles of Confederation required all 13 states to ratify an amendment, how was the new Constitution designed to be ratified?

Which of the following could have contributed to slavery not being outlawed by the original drafting of the Constitution?

Who was the author of the Bill of Rights?

Why did the general public believe the delegates fully supported the new Constitution?

The Anti-Federalists were concerned with the power of the national government being able to tax and regulate interstate commerce, which was enhanced by which part of the proposed Constitution?

When a republic becomes so large and diverse, with so many factions vying for power that none will be able to take over the others, this is known as what kind of government?

Which of the following would have been part of the argument in opposition to ratifying the proposed Constitution by the Anti-Federalists?

What was the name of the grassroots popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts that frightened many states into researching a new Constitution?

The ______ clause has enabled Congress to become involved in large areas of the American economy, even within states.

The original Confederal Congress was described as unicameral. What does this mean?

The requirements for a congressional override of a presidential veto is a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate.

Whose research and studies into the death of republics was instrumental in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution?

Alexander Hamilton proposed which of the following?

Which of the following describes a situation where a large number of citizens use their power to tramples the rights of smaller groups in a nation?

How did the Anti-Federalists attempt to keep people from supporting the new Constitution?

A Bill of Rights is designed to provide citizens with what?

Any document that defines and creates a group of people politically, sets out the fundamental principles of governance, and creates the rules and institutions that the people choose to self-govern can be referred to as what?

The suppression of the rights of a people by those holding power is called ______.

Under the Virginia Plan, states were to be represented in the new government proportionally based on population.

The Continental Army was paid for by the taxes collected from the states.