Federal Govt Ch.2 post-test

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Antifederalists’ concerns about the Constitution

included a concern that the Constitution did not specifically enumerate protected civil liberties

As a political value, individual liberty

was preeminent for the Constitution’s authors.

Changing the structure or composition of the federal government

has been the motivating factor behind most of the post-Bill of Rights amendments.

Counting slaves as ____ for the purposes of census did not allow slaves to ____.

three-fifths of a person; vote

In general, the Federalists’ future vision of the United States

triumphed over the Antifederalist vision.

Income taxes

were not in existence in the mid-eighteenth century.

One key demonstration of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was

the size and duration of Shays’s Rebellion.

Proponents of the idea of the "living" Constitution would likely support the concept of

judicial review.

The Articles of Confederation

preceded the U.S. Constitution.

The Bill of Rights mollified concerns about

an overly powerful central government.

The New England-based merchants and southern planter

organized together in opposition to taxes imposed by the Stamp and Sugar Acts

The concept of the "mixed regime," so called by theorists such as Montesquieu and incorporated into the Constitution, meant that each branch of government

had a distinct constituency.

The core component of the New Jersey Plan was that

each state would be equally represented in the new regime regardless of that state’s population.

The elastic clause

gives Congress the ability to pass laws necessary to carry out its expressed powers.

The executive leader or presiding officer specified by the Articles of Confederation

did not exist; the Articles specified no executive leader.

The process of amending the Constitution is ____, leading to a ____ proportion of proposed amendments succeeding.

difficult; very small

The total boycott of all British goods in the colonies came immediately after which event?

creation of the First Continental Congress

Under the Great Compromise, the Senate

was an arena where large and small states would compete on equal footing.

Which of the following did the Antifederalists most vigorously disapprove of?

the elastic clause

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.

Which of the following structural aspects was established for the legislature by the Constitution?

The Senate was given the power to approve presidential appointments.

Which of the following was established in the Tenth Amendment?

Powers not specifically granted by the Constitution to the federal government were reserved to the states or to the people

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