POLI SCI 102 chapter 2 – Flashcards
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Antifederalists' concerns about the constitution
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Included a concern that the constitution did not specifically enumerate protected civil liberties
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Changing the structure or composition of the federal government
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Has been motivating factor behind most of the post-Bill of Rights amendments
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Counting slaves as __ for the purposes of census did not allow slaves to__
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Three-fifths of a person; vote
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In general, the Federalists' future vision of the United States
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Triumphed over the antifederalist vision
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Like most governments in the mid-eighteenth century, the British regime had to rely on what for most of its revenues?
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Tariffs, duties, and other taxes on commerce
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One key demonstration of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was
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The size and duration of Shays's Rebellion
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The Bill of Rights mollified some Antifederalist concerns about
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An overly powerful central government
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The New England-based merchants and southern planters
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Organized together in opposition to taxes imposed by the Stamp and Sugar Acts
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The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established
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Judicial review
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The concept of the "mixed regime," so called by theorists such as Montesquieu and incorporated into the Constitution, meant that each branch of government
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Had a distinct constituency
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The core component of the New Jersey Plan was that
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Each state would be equally represented in the regime regardless of that state's population
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The elastic clause
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Gives congress the ability to pass laws necessary to carry out its expressed powers
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The executive branch as specified by the Articles of Confederation
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Did not exist; the Articles specified no executive leader
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The process of amending the Constitution is __, leading to a __ proportion of proposed amendments succeeding
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difficult; very small
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The total boycott of all British goods in the colonies came immediately after which event?
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Creation of the First Continental Congress
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Under the Great Compromise, the Senate
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Was an arena where large and small states would compete on equal footing
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Which of the following did the Antifederalists most vigorously disapprove?
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The elastic clause
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Which of the following statements about the Declaration of Independence is accurate?
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It specifically identified and focused on grievances, aspirations, and principles that might unify the various colonial groups
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Which of the following structural aspects was established for the legislature by the constitution?
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The senate was given the power to approve presidential appointments
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Which of the following was established in the Tenth Amendment?
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Powers not specifically granted by the Constitution to the federal government were reserved to the states or to the people
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The popular democracy process by which citizens can place a constitutional amendment or statue on the ballot is called an
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Initiative
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The process by which a certain percentage of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election can sign petitions to vote on a law enacted by the legislature is a
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Referendum
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The only sitting California governor to be recalled from office was
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Gray Davis
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Under the US Constitution
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States decide their own way of selecting electors in presidential elections
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At the present time, the electoral college is typically favored
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By Republicans
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Which of the following is true about the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?
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The framers were deeply divided on the issue of presidential selection
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In their fight against British taxes such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act of 1764, New England merchants allied with which of the following groups?
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artisans, southern planters, and laborers
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How did the British attempt to raise revenue in the North American colonies
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taxes on commerce
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The first governing document in the United States was
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the Articles of Confederation
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Where was the execution of laws conducted under the Articles of Confederation?
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the States
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Which event led directly to the Constitutional Convention by providing evidence that the government created under the Articles of Confederation was unable to act decisively in times of national crisis?
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Shays's Rebellion
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Which state's proposal embodied a principle of representing states in the Congress according to their size and wealth?
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Virginia
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The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that determined that every five slaves would be counted as three free persons for the purposes of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives was called the
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Three-fifths compromise
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What mechanism was instituted in the Congress to guard against "excessive democracy"?
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bicameralism, staggered terms in office, appointment of senators for long terms, indirect election of the president
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Which of the following best describes the Supreme Court as understood by the Founders?
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A supreme court of the nations and its states
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Theorists such as Montesquieu referred to the principle of giving each branch of government a distinctly different constituency as
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mixed regime
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Which of the following were the anti-federalists most concerned with?
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the potential for tyranny in the central government
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Which of the following best describes the process for amending the Constitution?
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it is difficult and has rarely been used successfully to address specific public problems
