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America Founding
American Founding
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following was not among the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence | Failed to quarter soldiers among the civilan population |
Which of the following is among the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence concerning the actions of the King. He | Imposed taxes without consent |
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are instituted | To secure the natural rights of the governed |
According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are | Endowed with certain inalienable rights |
The Declaration of Independence states that | The people have a right to alter thier government |
According to the Delcaration of Independence, revolution is justified by | A long train of abuses |
The Declaration of Independence countinues to be an important document because | Its principles became the credo of the American political order |
Which one of the following ideas was explicitly included in the new state constitutions | An appeal to natural rights |
The idea of the legislative supremacy in the new state constitutions is seen in which of the following | Legislative override of a governor's veto |
The Virginia Declaration of Rights states all but one of the following | There shall be no establishment of religion |
The Virgina Declaration of Rights does not include which one of the following rights | The right to counsel |
According to the Massachusetts Constitution the body-politic is | A social compact |
The Annapolis Convention of September 1786 ` | Called for a meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 |
Which of the following pairs of delegates attended both the Annapolis Convention and the Constitutional Convention | James Madison and Alexander Hamilton |
According to the Articles of Confederation | The states were represented equally in a unicameral leislature |
According to the Articles of Confederation | The Congress was limited to powers that were expressly granted |
Under the Articles of Confederation the federal government consited of | One branch of government, the Congress, which was limited to specifically delegated powers |
According to the Articles of Confederation | Congress was limited to powers that were expressly granted |
The Articles of Confederation state all of the following except one | Congress had the power to lay and collect taxes |
James Madison's Vices of the Political System of the United States, 1787, lists eleven defects of the Articles of Confederation. Which is not included | Encroachments by the federal authority on the states |
James Madison's Vices criticizes the several states for | Presence of Unjust Laws |
James Madison's Vices states"the great desideratum in government" is to attain | Neutrality and self-control |
It was popularly argued at the time that the Articles of Confederation were a failure because | Of the threat to the right to property |
Which one of the following Philadelphia Framers was in his 30's at the time of the Constitutional Convention | James Madison |
Which one of the following is accurate concerning the Philadelphia Framers | The youngest was Johnathon Dayton, aged 26 |
One of the following Philadelphia Framers signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constituion | Roger Sherman |
Roughly how many of the Philadelphia Framers had political experience in the Confederation Congress during the 1780's | 70% |
Roughly how many of the Philadelphia Framers went on to attend the state ratifying conventions in 1787-1788 | 50% |
Which of the following is accurate concerning the professional occupation of most of the Philadelphia Framers? They were | Lawyers or legally trained |
With respect to the delagates to the Philadelphia Convention | Most were natives of the 13 colonies now states |
Which is false concerning the longevity of the Philadelphia Framers? | The last to die was Washington |
One of the following is correct concerning the Philadelphia Framers | Only two were Roman Catholic |
One of the following is wrong concerning the fate of the Philadelphia Framers | None served as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court |
Which one of the following is inaccurate | The other twelve States were represented throughout the Constituional Convention |
Which one of the following is accurate | The average age of the deputies to the Constitutional Convention was about 44` |
The decision to keep the Convention's proceedings secret | Encouraged the delegates to level with each other |
The Virginia Plan called for the creation of the National Executive | Elected by the Congress |
The Virginia Plan called for the creation of the National Judiciary | Elected by the Congress |
The Virginia Plan expressly listed the specific powers of | None of the Above` |
The Virginia plan. introduced by Edmund Randolph, on May 29, called fo | A Bicameral legislature in both of which the principle of proportional representation of the people was the model |
The Virginia plan bestowed on Congress | Power to legislate where the states are imcompetent |
The Virgina Plan envisioned | A two-chamber legislature, a President and a Judiciary |
On May 31 an important feature o fthe Virginia Plan was defeated; Madison said , "a chasm was left in this part of the Plan" What part of the Plan is he refering to? | The Senate be elected by the House |
On June 6 at the Convention | Sherman argued that people were happier in small communites |
The Sherman-Madison exchange on June 6 over the appropriate size of a republic took place within the context of a discussion on | Representation in the House |
On June 7 at the Convention the delegates agreed unanimously | That the Senate should be elected by the state legislatures |
On June 11, Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed that | The people be represented equally in the House and the states be represented equally in the Senate |
The New Jersey Plan introduced by William Patterson | Retained the structure of the Articles but granted more power to Congress |
Which of the following delegates supported the New Jersey Plan | Luther Martin from Maryland |
The New Jersey Plan called for a change in | The power but not the structure of the federal government |
The New Jersey Plan endorsed | Unicameral representation |
Which of the following plans of government or devices used in government is not in the tradition of direct democracy | Long terms in office |
According to "nationalists" like Madison, the fatal flaw of the New Jersey Plan was its | Attempt to mix the federal and national principles |
On June 18, Hamilton argued that with respect to solving the problem of state sovereignty | The New Jersey Plan went too far, but the Virginia Plan didn |
uring the period June 22-29, the delegates agreed that members of the | House should be at least 25 years old |
On June 30, Ellsworth proposed that | The people should be proportionally represented in the House and the states equally represented in the Senate |
On June 30, the Convention created the Gerry Committee to settle the issue of state and popular representation. Which one of the following delegates was not a member of that Committee | James Madison |
The Gerry Committee proposed that adoption fo each of the following except one. Which one was not part of their proposal | Money Bills orginate in the House and be subject to amendment by the Senate |
The Connecticut Compromise passed on a 5-4-1 vote. Which state delegation was divided resulting in a tied vote within the states | Massachusetts |
Which one of the following delegates voted to reject the Connecticut Compromise | James Madison |
The Hamilton Plan, introduced on June 18, called for | The appointment of the state Governors by the President |
The Connecticut Compromise | Settled part of the bicameralism issue |
Prohibition on the spread of slavery is explicitly mentioned in which of the following | The Northwest Ordinance |
The Committee of Detail Report, August 6, 1787 | Prohibited Congress from ever stopping or taxing the slave trade from abroad |
Which of the following does not apply to the Connecticut Compromise | The New York delegates voted in favor |
Which two states objected to the condemnation of slavery and the slave trade in both 1776 and 1787 | South Carolina and Georgia |
The Fugitive Slave Clause can be found in what part of the United States Constitution | Article IV Section 2 |
Which of the following two delegates supported the proposition that slavery was " inconsistent with the principles of the revolution" | Martin and Dickinson |
Evidence of the hostility of the Convention to slavery is the | Absence of word " slavery" from the Constitution |
The Necessary and Proper clause of the Constitution makes its first appearance in the | Committee of Detail Report |
The Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution makes its first appearance in the | Committee of Detail Report (COD) |
Which of the following is accurate | "We the People " is the opening phrase of the COS |
The Cod stated Congress | Can make war |
The treaty making power in the COD is located in the | Senate |
The treaty making power in the COS is located in the | Senate and President |
The Commander in Cheif Clause makes its first appearance in the | COD |
What came to be known as the supremacy clause makes its first appearance in teh | COD |
On September 4 , the Brearly Committee recommended that the Convention adopt what is now called the Electoral College. This resolution of the matter of Presidential election means the Framers adopted the | Partly national Partly fedeal model` |
By September 17 the Framers decided that the | President alone should be able to veto an act of Congress |
On June 4 and July 21 and August 15 the Framers rejected the notion that Judges | Should have subsequent review of Congressional legislation |
On which day was a proposal permitting the impeachment of the president approved | July 20 |
The view that prevailed at the Convention was that | The executive branch was the most probable source of future tyranny |
The ratification procedure adopted by the Convention | Abandoned the ratification provision of the Articles of Confederation |
The aim of the complicated amendment process in Article V of the Constitution is to | Require a nationally distributed majority |
The form of the United States Constituion reflects the distribution of the major amount of substantial power to the | Congress |
Which of the following phrase/ clauses can be found as stated goals in the Preamble to the Constitution | Liberty and Justice |
Where in the Constitution would one find the interstate commerce clause | Article 1 Section 8 |