Political Science Chapter 2 Quiz Crafton Hills College 2016

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1. The Mayflower Compact

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c. was the first of a series of social contracts that established the fundamental rules of government.

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2. America’s first written constitution, _____, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representativesfrom each town.

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a. the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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3. The earliest colonial legislature was established in _____

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d. Virginia

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4. Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonists

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d. were loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland.

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5. The colonists began using the word American to describe themselves

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d. in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War.

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6. Following the British victory over France in the Seven Years' War, also called the French and Indian War,

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e. the British government began imposing taxes and expanded control over colonial trade.

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7. The first time a majority of colonists joined together to oppose British rule was

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d. during the Stamp Act Congress

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8. In 1773, anger over the taxes Britain had imposed on the colonies reached a climax

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d. at the Boston Tea Party

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9. In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament

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a. closed Boston Harbor and placed the government of Massachusetts under direct British control.

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10. The First Continental Congress, proposed by New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island,

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a. was called into response to the Intolerable Acts.

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11. These entities used social pressure, spying, and public ridicule to enforce the boycott of British goods

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d. The committees of “safety”

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12. Thomas Paine’s influential pamphlet Common Sense

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b. contended that America could survive economically on its own and no longer needed its British connection

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13. Which ideology of rule, common during the revolutionary war era, was suspicious of both executive and nationalpower?

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d. Republicanism

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14. As the colonies transformed themselves into sovereign states, republican sentiment was so strong in many of them thatthe _____ became all-powerful.

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a. legislatures

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15. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had _____ the unicameral assembly of representatives.

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b. one vote in

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16. The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act

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e. as a way to pay its war debts and finance the defense of its North American Colonies.

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17. Within a year of the signing of the _______, the new nation was suffering from a serious economic depression

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b. the Articles of Confederation

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18. The First Continental Congress sent a petition to King George III to explain their grievances. The result was

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b. British soldiers engaging Minutemen in Massachusetts, the first battles of the American Revolution.

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19. Shays’ Rebellion

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a. Both B and D (look at answers on test bank)

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20. The Philadelphia meeting, which became the Constitutional Convention, was called “for the sole and express purpose”of

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a. revising the Articles of Confederation.

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21. The Delegates to the Second Continental Congress intended to

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a. reach a peaceful settlement with the British Parliament.

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22. For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were

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c. from the best-educated and wealthiest classes.

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23. Which of the following proposals was part of the Virginia Plan?

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e. A bicameral legislature with an upper house chosen by the lower house

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24. The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

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b. resolved the small-state/large-state controversy.

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25. At the time of the constitutional convention, slaves constituted about _____ of the population of the southern states.

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b. 40 percent

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26. The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention settled the deadlock between the

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a. southern states and the northern states over how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation inCongress.

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27. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed that Congress could prohibit the importation of slaves into thecountry

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d. beginning in 1808.

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28. At the Constitutional Convention, the South agreed to let Congress have the power to _____ in exchange for a ban onexport taxes

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d. regulate interstate and international commerce

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29. The Constitution provides that a federal official who commits _____ may be impeached by the House ofRepresentatives.

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d. “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”

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30. A federal official who has been impeached is tried by the

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b. Senate

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31. The final draft of the Constitution was approved by the delegates on

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c. September 17, 1787.

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32. The battle over ratification of the Constitution was fought chiefly by two opposing groups, the

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e. Federalists and the Anti-Federalists.

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33. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of essays in defense of the Constitution, knowncollectively as

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e. the Federalist Papers.

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34. In Federalist Paper No. 10, Madison argued that the nation’s size was actually an advantage in controlling

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c. factions

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35. To win over the anti-federalists during the ratification process, the federalists promised to

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e. add a bill of rights to the constitution.

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36. Rule of law is the idea that

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d. no one, including government officers, is above the law

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37. The Constitution incorporated the principle of _____, which was the solution to the debate over whether the nationalgovernment or the states should have ultimate sovereignty.

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e. federalism

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38. The principle of separation of powers is found in _____ of the Constitution

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b. Articles I, II, and III

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39. A major principle of American government, _____, was devised to ensure that no one branch of government canexercise exclusive control.

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c. checks and balances

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40. A constitutional form of government that emphasizes “effective government” rather than “limited government” is a

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e. parliamentary system.

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41. Although Madison began drafting the Bill of Rights by sorting through more than 200 recommendations from thestates, the final bill included only _____ amendments to the Constitution.

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a. ten

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42. Since the Constitution was written it has been amended _____ times.

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b. twenty-seven

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43. There are _____ possible ways for an amendment to be added to the Constitution.

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c. four

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44. All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed

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c. by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives

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54. The first New England colony in America, settled in 1620 was in____.

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a. Plymouth

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55. By the time of the American Revolution,

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a. all of the colonies had representative assemblies.

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56. Shays' Rebellion was stopped by _____.

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e. the Massachusetts volunteer army, paid for by Boston merchants.

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57. Which of the following groups of people did not have the right to vote at the time that the Constitution was ratified?

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b. All of the above (look at answers on test bank)

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59. The principle of Checks and Balances includes staggered terms of office. Members of the House of Representativesserve for ___ years, and members of the Senate serve for ____ years.

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c. two, six

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60. Congress checks the president by

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d. controlling taxes and spending

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61. The American colonies had been settled by individuals from many nations. The majority of colonists came from

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d. Scotland and England

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62. The first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, was established

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e. as a trading post of the Virginia Company of London.

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63. Each of the following was a power granted to Congress under the Articles of Confederation, EXCEPT

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a. regulate commerce with other nations.

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64. The earliest colonial legislature was the Virginia House of Burgesses, established in

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d. 1619

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66. A faction is best described as

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c. a group of persons forming a cohesive minority.

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67. In an attempt to prevent the rise of tyranny, the powers of the national government were separated into differentbranches - legislative, executive, and judicial, in accordance with

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e. the Madisonian Model.

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69. The power of _____ allows the judicial branch to declare legislative or presidential actions unconstitutional.

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b. judicial review

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70. Under the Articles of Confederation,

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d. nine states had to approve any law before it was enacted.