Poli Sci Chapter 1
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- The belief in limiting governmental power by a written charter is called _______?
- Constitutionalim
- The Declaration of Independence contains a strong belief that governement is the creation and servant of the ______
- people
- Under the Articles of Confederation the _____ retained most political power
- states
- The _______ solved the problem of how to count slaves for a purpose of congressional representation
- three fifth compromise
- Supporters of the proposed Constitution called themselves __________
- Federalists
- Direct election of the president by the people, Congress, or state legislatures was avoided by creation of the _____ ______
- electoral college
- The _______ authorizes Congress to pass laws allowing it to carry into execution its expressed powers.
- elastic clause
- John Marshall could not help William Marbury get his judicial appointment because the writ of mandamus he requested was not part of the Court's _______ jurisdiction.
- orignal
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The British Constitution can be changed by an act of Parliament - True
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Virtual unanimity existed in the colonies in favor of declaring independence in 1776. - False
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The Articles of Conderation provided for no separate executive and no national courts. - True
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Once of the few successes of Congress under the Articles of Confederation was the Northwest Onlinance. - True
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Under the original Constitution, a majority of Americans were denied representation and participation. - True
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As written, the Constitution facilitates the creation of political parties and interest groups, called factions by Madison. - True
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The Constitution of the United States is longer than most state constitutions. - False
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All of the following are constitutional functions except
a) providing an outline for the organization of government
b) establishing a formal economic system for the nation
c) granting power to governmental institutions
d) serving as a - b)establishing a formal economic system for the nation
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Prior to the American Revolution, British leaders in London
a) attempted to force the colonies to raise armies for self defense
b) repealed the Townsend Acts, allowing the colonies to tax
c) gave colonies power to appoint their own governo - d) attempted to bring the colonies under more direct control
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Which of the following is not a major theme of the Declaration of Independence?
a) Humankind shares an equality
b) Government is divinely ordained compact between people and God
c) the rights that all people intrinsically posses constitute - b) Government is a divinely ordained compact between people and God
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One of the main provisions of the Articles of Condereration was that
a) It guaranteed equal representation for the states
b) it established a weak separate executive department
c) the national courts were given only limited appellate juris - a) It guarenteed equal representation for the states
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One of the major deficiencies of the Article of Confederation was
a) too great a policymaking role for the national courts.
b) the ability of the states to declare war separately
c) the ease by which the Articles could be amended by the s - d) the absense of sufficient power in the central governement
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The 1786 Annapolis Convention was originally prooted as a means of
a) consolidating the American military forces
b) creating a uniform tariff policy toward Britain
c) improving commercial relations among the states
d) writing a new na - c) improving commercial relations among the states
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One of the few successes of the Articles of Conderation was the
a) Annapolis Convention
b) Northwest Ordinance
c) Townsend Acts
d) three-firths compromise - b) Northwest Ordinance
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The framers of the Constitution
a) were among the most talented and intellectual people of the day
b) were mostly farmers
c) represented a reassembling of the generation that had set the Revolution in motion
d) were all committed to w - a) were among the most talented and intellectual people of the day
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In order for the New Constitution to go into effect it had to be approved by
a) all of the state legislatures
b) seven of the thirteen state legislatures
c) popularly elected conventions in nine states
d) popularly elected convention - c) popularly elected conventions in nine states