POS2041 Chapter 2 – Flashcards
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Under the U.S. 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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What aspect of the Constitution was brought up as the central issue regarding the health care reform law?
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The Commerce Clause
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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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What evidence does one panelist provide to show that the Constitution is working?
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continuing debate about how to interpret the Constitution
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What is the key to understanding the Constitution in a contemporary context?
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court interpretations
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Which state had the most influence in the House of Representatives?
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Virginia
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Comparing the population map with the proportional map of the United States, which state is most accurate in size?
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Virginia
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How many Senators were there in the first Congress?
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26
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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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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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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 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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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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The Bill of Rights mollified concerns about
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an overly powerful central government.
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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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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 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 new regime regardless of that state's population.
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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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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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Which of the following did the Antifederalists most vigorously disapprove of?
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the elastic clause
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The executive leader or presiding officer specified by the Articles of Confederation
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did not exist; the Articles specified no executive leader.
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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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Proponents of the idea of the "living" Constitution would likely support the concept of
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judicial review.
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As a political value, individual liberty
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was preeminent for the Constitution's authors.
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Income taxes
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were not in existence in the mid-eighteenth century.
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Changing the structure or composition of the federal government
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has been the motivating factor behind most of the post-Bill of Rights amendments.
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The Articles of Confederation
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preceded the U.S. Constitution.
