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American Founding 3
Question | Answer |
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Article I, Section 9 protects the states and individuals against the nation in which of the following? | Habeas corpus |
Article I, Section 10 protects the nation and individuals against the states in which of the following? | Impairment of contracts |
Which of the following clauses of the Constitution caused apprehension among the Antifederalists? | The necessary and proper clause |
Which of the following would the Antifederalists like to see included in the Constitution? | The Judiciary should be more clearly restricted. |
The Antifederalists argued that | Judicial review made the Judiciary superior to the Legislature. |
The Antifederalists supported which of the following combinations? | A small republic with term limits for elected officials |
The Times, Places, and Manner clause of the Constitution received considerable attention from the Antifederalists. This clause is located in what part of the Constitution? | Article I, Section 4 |
The Antifederalists were suspicious of the "supremacy clause" of the Constitution. This clause is located in what part of the Constitution? | Article VI |
Which of the following best captures the Antifederalist dispostion? | Where annual elections end, tyranny begins |
The Antifederalists lodged all but one of the following criticisms of the Constitution | State power was insufficiently checked |
The Antifederalists complained that the Constitution | Gave too much power to the President and not enough to the Congress |
The main Antifederalist critique of the Congress was | That it would be aristocratic |
The Federalists argued that the following rights were included in the Constitution | all of the above |
In which of the following state ratifying conventions did the Antifederalists enter with a majority? | New York |
Which of the following amendments in the US Bill of Rights can be found in the Bill of Rights of the Virginia Bill of Rights? | Eighth Amendment |
The 1788 Massachusetts Compromise stated | Ratify now, amend later |
The First Congress | Drafted a Bill of Rights |
How many delegates changed their minds in each of the following--Virginia, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Ratifying Conventions--to permit adoption of the Constitution? | Roughly 5-10 |
Which of the following "essential rights" did Jefferson not include in his December 1787 letter to Madison? | Right to counsel |
In his June 8, 1789 speech to Congress, Madison proposed 9 amendments that | meet the wishes of a "respectable number" of citizens |
Madison's plan in the First Congress was to | Open up the Constitution and insert specific rights |
Madison's argument for a Bill of Rights in First Congress included a limitation on the state governments. Which of the following is in his list? | Equal rights of conscience |
Madison's First Congress limitations on the state governments were defeated in the | Senate |
How did Congress respond to Madison's proposals for a Bill of Rights? | Great interest |