Question 1

Describe and analyze the conflicts and compromises that occurred during the drafting of the Constitution. What was the conflict between the large and small states, and how did the Great Compromise resolve it? What was the nature of the conflict regarding slavery during the Philadelphia Convention? How did the Three-fifths Compromise address this conflict?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

What was the most common form of taxation during the colonial era?

Accepted Answer

A)  the income tax 
B)  taxes on commercial products and activities 
C)  the animal head tax 
D)  taxes for use of governmental services and lands 
E)  taxes on private property

Question 3

Which of the following is true about the Annapolis Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delegates from all thirteen states attended. 
B)  Delegates from nine states attended. 
C)  Delegates from five states attended. 
D)  The delegates strengthened the Articles of Confederation. 
E)  The delegates weakened the Articles of Confederation.

Question 4

Brutus and Federal Farmer were two pseudonyms used by the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Federalists 
B)  Antifederalists 
C)  Plebians 
D)  Monarchists 
E)  Constitutionalists

Question 5

Procedures outlining how to amend the Constitution are found in Article ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  V 
E)  X

Question 6

What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  to discuss revamping the Articles of Confederation 
B)  to plot the revolt known as Shays's Rebellion 
C)  to write the Declaration of Independence 
D)  to draft a new Bill of Rights 
E)  to vote on ratifying the Articles of Confederation

Question 7

According to the authors of the text, which sector of society did not have interests that were important to colonial politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England merchants 
B)  small farmers 
C)  slaves 
D)  royalists loyal to Britain 
E)  southern planters

Question 8

Montesquieu called ________ the principle of giving each branch of government its own constituency.

Accepted Answer

A)  tyranny 
B)  democracy 
C)  a mixed regime 
D)  a republic 
E)  a system of federalism

Question 9

What is the term length of a federal judge?

Accepted Answer

A)  two years 
B)  four years 
C)  six years 
D)  ten years 
E)  barring impeachment, life

Question 10

The process of ratifying the Constitution generated extensive debates. Why did the Antifederalists object to the Constitution? What were the rejoinders of the Federalists? In your opinion, who had the better arguments, and why?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Judicial review is the power of

Accepted Answer

A)  the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government. 
B)  Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts. 
C)  the president to appoint judges to the federal courts. 
D)  the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws. 
E)  the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.

Question 12

Which of the following is true about the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were no federal courts. 
B)  There was a Supreme Court at the federal level. 
C)  There was an executive council of three people. 
D)  Congress did not have the power to tax. 
E)  Federal law superseded state law.

Question 13

The essential dilemma of a limited government raised by the ratification debates is

Accepted Answer

A)  a government too weak to do harm also cannot do good. 
B)  power sharing is inherently unstable and too often violent. 
C)  a government of expressed powers will slip into an oligarchy. 
D)  government may promote civil virtue only at the expense of national power. 
E)  a government of limited powers will be unable to protect national security.

Question 14

Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that means the division of

Accepted Answer

A)  national government into two branches. 
B)  the powers of the executive branch between two individuals: the president and the vice president. 
C)  the powers of the executive branch between two individuals: the head of state and the head of government. 
D)  Congress into two chambers. 
E)  the federal court system into two levels: the Supreme Court and the appellate courts.

Question 15

James Madison believed that the greatest conflict of interests in the Philadelphia Convention was between ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  large states; small states 
B)  northern states; southern states 
C)  the wealthy; the poor 
D)  Catholics; Protestants 
E)  farmers; merchants

Question 16

In order to signify that the enumerated powers were meant to be a source of strength to the national government and not a limitation on it, the framers of the federal Constitution

Accepted Answer

A)  added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. 
B)  included provisions for direct democracy in the Constitution. 
C)  included the full faith and credit clause in the Constitution. 
D)  included the elastic clause in the Constitution. 
E)  made it difficult to amend the Constitution.

Question 17

During the Philadelphia Convention, the New Jersey Plan was supported by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  less populous states 
B)  slaveholding states 
C)  free states 
D)  urban states 
E)  southern states

Question 18

Who were the writers of the Federalist Papers?

Accepted Answer

A)  James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton 
B)  John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson 
C)  George Washington, Samuel Adams, and William Paterson 
D)  Charles Beard, Daniel Shays, and Paul Revere 
E)  James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

Question 19

Each of the following was an Antifederalist EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Patrick Henry 
B)  John Jay 
C)  George Mason 
D)  Richard Henry Lee 
E)  Elbridge Gerry

Question 20

All of the following are constitutional powers of the president EXCEPT the power to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  officially recognize other nations 
B)  grant pardons 
C)  veto bills 
D)  regulate commerce between the states 
E)  convene Congress in special session

Exam 2: The Founding and the Constitution