Chapter 2/3 Constitution Review
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- Q1As the Articles of Confederation were written, a major debate centered on whetherThe national government or state and local governments should be strongerSlavery should be legalThe government should have both an executive and a legislative branch30s
- Q2A serious problem following the Revolutionary War was thatThe national government could not regulate affairs with Native AmericansThe states refused to give the central government the right to make treatiesMany states refused to help pay off the extensive war debt30s
- Q3The Articles of Confederation ultimately failed. Which of the following choices is considered a one of the weaknesses of the document that led to its failure.There was no legislative branch and no representation of the peopleThere was no ability for states to interact with each other on any type of businessThere was no executive official to ensure that laws were carried out30s
- Q4A major reason for Shays’s Rebellion was that:Daniel Shays was a traitor, fighting for the British against the early governmentCitizens were upset about farm foreclosures, in many cases tied to the fact that soldiers were not paid for their efforts during the American RevolutionTravel was slow and information could not flow through the states quickly30s
- Q5The Virginia Plan, proposed by Edmund Randolph of Virginia, included which of the following items?There was no legislative branch in this plan, therefore, no plan for representationRepresentation in the legislature was based on the number of tax-paying landownersRepresentation in the legislature was based on population30s
- Q6The New Jersey Plan, proposed by William Paterson of New Jersey, was similar to the Articles of Confederation in that:It included a unicameral legislature, emphasizing equal representationIt included no executive positionIt took away the rights of those who were supporters of population-based representation30s
- Q7Which of the following choices BEST describes the Connecticut Compromise?A plan consisting of a bicameral legislature with representation based completely on equality that appeased everyone in the country.A plan consisting of a unicameral legislature, based on population that counted slaves as one vote per personA plan consisting of a bicameral legislature with representation based on population and equality, appeasing both the large and smaller states.30s
- Q8The Anti-Federalists demanded that the Constitution have a Bill of Rights because they:Believed it was needed in order to protect individual libertiesDid not want the government to be able to restrict the slave tradeWere concerned that the Judicial Branch would become overly powerful30s
- Q9Place the following sections of the US Constitution in order by choosing the correct list.Articles, Preamble AmendmentsPreamble ,Articles, AmendmentsPreamble, Amendments, Articles30s
- Q10Which Branch has the power to Declare War and Pass Laws?LegislativeExecutiveJudicial30s
- Q11Which Branch has the power to enforce laws, and Grant Pardons?JudicialExecutiveLegislative30s
- Q12Which Branch has the power to Interpret the Constitution and Overturn Unconstitutional Laws?LegislativeJudicialExecutive30s
- Q13What is Judicial ReviewReview by the Legislative Branch on the Constitutional Validity of a presidential actreview by the Supreme Court on the Constitutional validity of a legislative act30s
- Q14What is Judicial Restraint?The theory that judges need to limit the exercise of their own powerThe theory that congress needs to limit the exercise of judges power30s
- Q15Which Supreme Court Case established Judicial Review?Gibbons v. OgdenMcCulloch v. MarylandMarbury v. Madison30s