Exam 2: The Founding and the Constitution

Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

Describe the origins of the American Revolution.Who were the main groups that made up colonial society and what were their grievances against the British? What conflicts, if any, existed among the colonists themselves?

James Madison believed that the greatest conflict of interest in the Philadelphia convention was between ________ and ________.

A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.

The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following statements best describes the framers' view of liberty?

What does the supremacy clause assert?

Which of the following laws passed by the Congress of the Confederation compelled states to surrender their western land claims?

The philosophical view articulated in the Declaration of Independence was MOST heavily influenced by the work of liberal theorist

The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

The federal government's power to tax personal incomes was granted by the

The Declaration of Independence was a remarkable philosophical statement for its time because it asserted that

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was significant because it

Federal judges are appointed by the ________ and must be approved by the ________.

The five men appointed by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 to write a statement about American independence from British rule were Robert Livingston, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and

Shays's Rebellion was significant because it

The framers designed the Senate to be a check against excessive democracy by doing which of the following?

A ________ vote by both houses of Congress and a ratification vote of ________ of the states are required to amend the U.S.Constitution.

In order to win concessions from large states at the Philadelphia convention, representatives from smaller states such as Delaware threatened to

The main outcome of the Annapolis Convention was