Exam 2: The Founding and the Constitution

Prior to the Revolutionary War,British policies harmed the economic interests of which two large sectors of colonial society that previously supported British rule?

The idea that the federal government can exercise only the powers specifically articulated in the Constitution is known as the doctrine of:

The issue of counting slaves for purposes of representation was settled by the:

Under the Articles of Confederation,what power was Congress given?

In 1773,the British government granted a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain to the politically powerful East India Company who sought to bypass the colonial merchants and sell the tea directly to the colonies.The merchants called on their radical adversaries for support,and the most dramatic result was the:

In the system devised by the framers of the Constitution,sovereignty was vested in:

The principal advantage of the Articles of Confederation was that the central government could prevent one state from discriminating against other states in the quest for foreign commerce.

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?

Why did Shays's Rebellion enable collective action among those who wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation?

Why might the delegates to the Constitutional Convention reject a motion to include a bill of rights in the Constitution?

The Constitutional Convention passed the New Jersey Plan with little compromise.

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 2012,the five smallest states held roughly 0.5 percent of the seats in the U.S.House of Representatives and 10 percent of the seats in the U.S.Senate.These differing levels of representation of the five small states were the result of which decision during the Constitutional Convention?

Each branch of the government of the United States is responsible to a different constituency.

How did the cleavages between small states and large states,and between slave states and nonslave states,shape the institutional design of the Constitution?

The state legislature of Georgia,known as the Georgia General Assembly,with its upper chamber (the Georgia Senate)and lower chamber (the Georgia House of Representatives),is an institution that exemplifies the principle of:

Compare and contrast the powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.Was Congress more or less powerful under the Articles of Confederation?

The power of the courts to render the final decision in cases involving a conflict of interpretation of the Constitution or of laws between the courts and Congress,the courts and the executive branch,or the courts and the states is referred to as:

The presidential veto power over legislation,the power of the Senate to approve presidential appointments,and judicial review over acts of Congress and presidential actions are examples of the principle in the American political system of:

Daniel Shays,a former army captain,led a mob in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government in order to: