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Antifederalists’ concerns about the Constitution |
included a concern that the Constitution did not specifically enumerate protected civil liberties. |
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As a political value, individual liberty |
was preeminent for the Constitution’s authors. |
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Changing the structure or composition of the federal government |
has been the motivating factor behind most of the post-Bill of Rights amendments. |
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Concerning limited government, the debates between the Federalists and the Antifederalists |
more than any other issue continues to reverberate through contemporary American politics. |
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Congress’ ability to pass laws necessary to carry out its expressed powers is known as the |
elastic clause. |
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Counting slaves as ____ for the purposes of census did not allow slaves to ____. |
three-fifths of a person; vote |
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Income taxes |
did not exist in the mid-eighteenth century. |
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One key demonstration of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was |
the size and duration of Shays’s Rebellion. |
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Proponents of the idea of the "living" Constitution would likely support the concept of |
judicial review. |
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The Articles of Confederation |
maintained state independence, freedom, and sovereignty. |
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The Bill of Rights mollified concerns about |
an overly powerful central government. |
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The New England-based merchants and southern planters |
organized together in opposition to taxes imposed by the Stamp and Sugar Acts. |
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The core component of the Virginia Plan was that |
it provided for a system of representation in the national legislature based on the population of each state or the proportion of each state’s revenue contribution to the national government, or both. |
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The executive leader or presiding officer specified by the Articles of Confederation |
did not exist; the Articles specified no executive leader. |
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The philosophical founder of the Constitution’s ideas of separation of powers was |
Baron de Montesquieu |
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The preamble to the Constitution describes the purposes of government as including all EXCEPT which of the following? |
secure the blessings of equality for all Americans |
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The process of amending the Constitution is ____, leading to a ____ proportion of proposed amendments succeeding. |
difficult; very small |
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Under the Great Compromise, the Senate |
was an arena wherein large and small states would compete on equal footing. |
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Which of the following did the Antifederalists MOST vigorously disapprove of? |
the elastic clause |
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Which of the following statements about the Declaration of Independence is accurate? |
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 stipulated that powers not specifically granted by the Constitution to the federal government were reserved to the states or to the people? |
the Tenth Amendment |
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Which of the following structural aspects was established for the legislature by the Constitution? |
The Senate was given the power to approve presidential appointments. |
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