Exam 2: The Founding and the Constitution

It is possible that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia would never have taken place at all if not for a single event that occurred soon after the 1786 meeting of state delegates in Annapolis,Maryland.This event was:

The agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention to adopt the proposal that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of population,but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population,became known as the:

Why did the framers feel a need to replace the Articles of Confederation?

A legislative assembly such as the Congress that is divided into two chambers (or houses)is best described as:

Under the Articles of Confederation,the presiding officer of the executive branch was appointed through a nomination and voting process of the assembled delegates in the Electoral College.

Article I of the U.S.Constitution provides for the:

In the chain of events leading up to the American Revolution,the radical forces were permitted to expand their political influence because the colonial elites were split by:

The Constitution grants the power to ratify treaties to the:

How did the founders ultimately balance the need for an effective national government with the need to protect the rights of states and individuals?

The purpose of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights was basically to give each of the three branches of government:

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

The best-known arguments supporting ratification of the Constitution were the eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,and John Jay under the name of "Publius." These essays are collectively known today as:

The proposal offered by the smaller states during the Constitutional Convention that argued each state should be equally represented in the new regime regardless of its population was known as the:

In what ways did the new constitution represent an improvement over the Articles of Confederation?

Except for one,all of the amendments that have been added to the Constitution have passed in:

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

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.

The result of the 1777 Continental Congress was a constitution concerned primarily with:

The framers of the American Constitution sought to prevent the perceived threat of "excessive democracy" through a number of institutional innovations.Which constitutional provision did NOT prevent the threat of excessive democracy?

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?