Exam 2: Constructing a Government: The Founding and the Constitution

The framers of the Constitution sought to insulate the president from excessively democratic pressures through

In 2016, 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?

The framers of the Constitution crafted a system in which each branch of government had a distinctly different constituency to ensure different perspectives on public interests. Montesquieu and others called it a

Staggered terms of service in the Senate were intended to make that body even more politically responsive to popular opinion.

The First Amendment to the Constitution was specifically concerned with limits on the

Unjust rule by the group in power is called

Were the British wrong to expect the American colonies to begin paying more in taxes during the years leading up to the American Revolution? Why or why not?

Which of the following statements describes the attitudes of Federalists and Antifederalists toward representation as it would likely be observed under the proposed Constitution?

In November of 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the United States' first written constitution. It was known as the

Why did the smaller states object to the Virginia Plan?

Throughout the Constitution, the principle of majority rule prevails.

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

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

James Madison wrote in Federalist, no. 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?

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was given power to declare war and make peace.

The Stamp Act of 1765 and the Sugar Act of 1764 created incentives for which two groups to engage in collective action?

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

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

The Federalists understood that temporary majorities could abuse their power in a democracy, but Madison argued that such an outcome is less likely if the nation is

Early states had broad latitude to pursue their own policies, and the national government, under the Articles of Confederation, had little recourse if it disliked those policies. For example, the Rhode Island legislature-dominated by representatives of small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers-frightened businessmen and property owners throughout the country by instituting