Question 1

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:

Accepted Answer

A) Virginia Plan 
B) New Jersey Plan 
C) Connecticut Plan 
D) Massachusetts Plan 
E) Rousseau solution

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

A) reserved power 
B) expressed power 
C) veto power 
D) judicial review 
E) the supremacy clause

Question 3

The Declaration of Independence was written by:

Accepted Answer

A) James Madison 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) George Washington 
D) Alexander Hamilton 
E) John Randolph

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

A) bicameralism 
B) federalism 
C) checks and balances 
D) judicial review 
E) representative government

Question 5

What compromises were made during the Constitutional Convention and why?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

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:

Accepted Answer

A) radicalized Americans to resist British rule 
B) effectively ended the slave trade in the Northern states 
C) temporarily softened public support for revolutionary forces 
D) benefited Southern planters at the expense of New England merchants 
E) spurred the emigration of French Huguenots

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) year 
B) two years 
C) four years 
D) six years 
E) eight years

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) the unjustness of the Stamp Act 
B) military seizure of tea and other agricultural goods in Boston Harbor 
C) atrocities by British garrison troops 
D) the withdrawal of military protection from commercial ships sailing to the Americas 
E) the British granting the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) First 
B) Ninth and Tenth 
C) Second,Third,and Fourth 
D) Fifth,Sixth,Seventh,and Eighth 
E) none of the first ten amendments

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) either the House or Senate with a simple majority 
B) both the House and Senate with a simple majority 
C) either the House or Senate with a two-thirds majority 
D) both the House and Senate with a two-thirds majority 
E) the House by a simple majority and the Senate by a two-thirds majority

Question 11

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

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Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

A) judiciary 
B) Congress 
C) executive 
D) bureaucracy 
E) attorney general

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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:

Accepted Answer

A) recognize foreign countries 
B) exert informal influence with the judiciary 
C) exert civil authority over the military 
D) issue executive orders 
E) grant reprieves and pardons

Question 15

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

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Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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.

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Question 18

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:

Accepted Answer

A) supremacy clause 
B) judicial review clause 
C) full faith and credit clause 
D) necessary and proper clause 
E) popular mandate

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) a declaration of independence from England 
B) a boycott of tea,linens,and other goods from England 
C) ratification of the new Constitution of the United States 
D) a national day of prayer 
E) a later meeting in Philadelphia to reform the Articles of Confederation

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:

The Declaration of Independence was written by:

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: