Exam 2: The Founding and the Constitution

The proposal to alter the Articles of Confederation by providing for a system of representation in the national legislature based on the population of each state or the proportion of each state's revenue contribution,or both,was known as the:

In 1996,the Defense of Marriage Act was enacted after passing both houses of Congress and being signed into law by President Bill Clinton.The Defense of Marriage Act defined marriage as between a man and a woman and banned recognition of same-sex marriages.The decision of the Supreme Court to take a case that challenged the constitutionality of the Act is a reflection of which power?

The Declaration of Independence was written by:

James Madison wrote in Federalist 51,"The power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments,and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments.Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people.The different governments will control each other,at the same time that each will be controlled by itself." Which constitutional principle is best reflected by this statement?

What compromises were made during the Constitutional Convention and why?

By dumping the East India Company's tea into Boston Harbor,Samuel Adams and his followers pressured the British into enacting a number of harsh reprisals that:

The terms of appointments for senators are staggered so that the terms of one-third of the senators expire every:

The colonists organized and participated in the Boston Tea Party of 1773 as a response to:

Which amendment or set of amendments contained in the Bill of Rights specifically places limits on the powers of Congress?

In order for Congress to send a small amendment to the Constitution to state legislatures or ratifying conventions for approval,it must pass in:

Institutions shape politics.Why did the institutions designed by the Articles of Confederation lead to pressures to draft a new Constitution?

Which branch of government has the power to create inferior (lower)courts,change the jurisdiction of federal courts,add or subtract federal judges,and even change the size of the Supreme Court?

Delegates from large states,such as Pennsylvania,were able to manipulate the procedures at the Constitutional Convention in order to achieve final adoption of the Virginia Plan with negligible amendment.

When President George W.Bush reduced presidential assistant "Scooter" Libby's jail sentence that had been imposed when Libby revealed the name of an undercover CIA operative,he exemplified the power of the president to:

Why did the framers believe that a new constitution was necessary?

Under the Articles of Confederation,each state was represented in the Continental Congress in proportion to its population.

List and describe the various sectors of colonial society and explain the role of each during the events leading up to the American Revolution and writing of the Constitution.

Article VI of the Constitution states that all laws passed by the national government and all treaties are superior to laws adopted by any state.This has come to be known as the:

In Section 8 of Article III,the U.S.Constitution discusses the important principle of judicial review.

The one positive result of the meeting of delegates from five states in Annapolis,Maryland,was a resolution calling for: