The Virginia Plan of the Constitutional Convention proposed a system of representation in the national legislature that was based upon:
  • By police before arresting a criminal suspect
  • The population of each state/proportion of each state's revenue contribution/both
  • The only way to protect the Senate against radical changes.
  • A Federation
The Articles of Confederation were adopted in:
  • Philadelphia
  • Popular majority
  • 1962
  • November 1777
Government can best be defined as:
  • Institutions and procedures by which a piece of territory and its people are ruled.
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
  • Proved the Government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient.
  • Power of government to take private property for public use
Direct Democracy is best defined as:
  • Citizens vote directly on laws and policies
  • 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted for representation and taxation
  • United Nations relationship with its member states
  • Limiting the powers of the central government
BONUS: What year was The Island published?
  • November 1777
  • Proved the Government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient.
  • 1962
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) was important because it produced the rules that must be used:
  • Anti-Federalists: demanded one as a price for ratification of the Constitution
  • The population of each state/proportion of each state's revenue contribution/both
  • A Federation
  • By police before arresting a criminal suspect
Shays' Rebellion was significant because it:
  • 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted for representation and taxation
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
  • To discuss the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  • Proved the Government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient.
The Supremacy Clause:
  • The courts to decide on constitutionality of actions taken by other branches
  • Article VI of the Constitution--laws passed by national government and all treaties are "supreme law of the land" and superior to all adopted by any state or subdivision.
  • Requires states to normally honor the public acts and legal decisions of another state.
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the relationship between the states and the federal government can be best compared to:
  • The only way to protect the Senate against radical changes.
  • Citizens vote directly on laws and policies
  • Institutions and procedures by which a piece of territory and its people are ruled.
  • United Nations relationship with its member states
The constitutional basis for the nationalization of the BIll of Rights is:
  • Adding a Bill of Rights and limiting government powers
  • Internal system of checks and controls with in government.
  • The 14th Amendment
  • Talking and debating
"Bicameralism" is a constitutional principle that means:
  • The creation of a bicameral Congress
  • Rhode Island
  • The division of Congress into 2 chambers
  • A) 2/3 vote by CongressB) Approval of 3/4 of the states
As a constitution, the Articles of Confederation, it was left to the _________ to execute the laws passed by congress.
  • Authoritarian Government
  • Individual States
  • Constitutional
  • Limiting the powers of the central government
The Bill of Rights is:
  • The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
  • Anti-Federalists: demanded one as a price for ratification of the Constitution
  • The population of each state/proportion of each state's revenue contribution/both
  • A Federation
Who described politics as, "who gets what, when, and how?"
  • There was no president
  • People who opposed the Constitution and preferred a federal system of Government that was decentralized--they wanted a weaker central government.
  • Aldous Huxley
  • Harold Laswell
The first written constitution for the United States was called:
  • Clear and present danger test
  • Idea of limited government
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • Popular majority
During the ratification debates, who were the Anti-Federalists?
  • Life barring impeachment
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
  • Bourgeoisie
  • People who opposed the Constitution and preferred a federal system of Government that was decentralized--they wanted a weaker central government.
In the national debate over ratification of the new Constitution, the Federalists:
  • There was no president
  • Bourgeoisie
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
  • Supported the ratification of the New Constitution--wanted a strong central government
Shays' Rebellion was an attempt to:
  • Proved the Government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient.
  • Prevent foreclosures on debt ridden land by keeping the county courts of West Massachusetts from sitting until the next election.
  • Citizens vote directly on laws and policies
  • Power of government to take private property for public use
James Madison believed that, in the Constitutional Convention, the greatest conflict of interests was between:
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
  • There was no president
  • People who opposed the Constitution and preferred a federal system of Government that was decentralized--they wanted a weaker central government.
  • Life barring impeachment
The Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV is also known as the:
  • Popular majority
  • Commity Clause
  • Authoritarian
  • Constitutional
Under the United State's first constitution:
  • There was no president
  • Aldous Huxley
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
  • People who opposed the Constitution and preferred a federal system of Government that was decentralized--they wanted a weaker central government.
What did the New Jersey Plan propose for Congress?
  • There was no president
  • Life barring impeachment
  • Bourgeoisie
  • The creation of a bicameral Congress
The Bill of Rights was written because:
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
  • The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
  • Anti-Federalists: demanded one as a price for ratification of the Constitution
  • A Federation
In American political culture, economic freedom means:
  • Authoritarian Government
  • Laissez Faire Capitalism
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • Talking and debating
BONUS: Who is the author of The Island?
  • Life barring impeachment
  • Aldous Huxley
  • Harold Laswell
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
What aspect of citizenship was most important for the ancient Greeks:
  • Commity Clause
  • Popular majority
  • Idea of limited government
  • Talking and debating
What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention?
  • Talking and debating
  • Limiting the powers of the central government
  • To discuss the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  • 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted for representation and taxation
A government that accepts no legal limits on its power, but may accept the restraint of other social institutions, such as churches, is known as:
  • Necessary and Proper
  • Constitutional
  • Authoritarian Government
  • Authoritarian
The key group in Europe that pushed for limited Government was:
  • Bourgeoisie
  • A) 2/3 vote by CongressB) Approval of 3/4 of the states
  • The division of Congress into 2 chambers
  • The creation of a bicameral Congress
The system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the states, is called:
  • Anti-Federalists: demanded one as a price for ratification of the Constitution
  • By police before arresting a criminal suspect
  • A Federation
  • The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
The Anti-Federalists argued that the powers of government should be limited by:
  • Internal system of checks and controls with in government.
  • The 14th Amendment
  • Adding a Bill of Rights and limiting government powers
  • Limiting the powers of the central government
The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not political or legal institutions, is a hallmark of a(n) ________ regime.
  • Authoritarian
  • Authoritarian Government
  • Commity Clause
  • Popular majority
The term, "eminent domain" describes:
  • Power of government to take private property for public use
  • Informed and active membership in a political community--more than just voting.
  • Citizens vote directly on laws and policies
  • Proved the Government of the Confederation had become dangerously inefficient.
The full faith and credit clause of the constitution:
  • To discuss the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  • Requires states to normally honor the public acts and legal decisions of another state.
  • 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted for representation and taxation
  • Institutions and procedures by which a piece of territory and its people are ruled.
What is the term length of a Federal Judge?
  • The Northern and Southern states who opposed each other
  • There was no president
  • Life barring impeachment
  • Harold Laswell
The 1787 convention to draft a new constitution was held in:
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • Commity Clause
  • Philadelphia
  • Popular majority
Only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election during any single election year, because the Framers believed that:
  • To discuss the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  • The only way to protect the Senate against radical changes.
  • Limiting the powers of the central government
  • The courts to decide on constitutionality of actions taken by other branches
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