Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
The principle of checks and balances is based on the notion that
power must be used to offset power.
Shays’s Rebellion
convinced many political leaders that the national government was too weak.
Progressive reforms included
primary elections.
direct election of U.S. senators.
the initiative and referendum.
recall elections.
Through the grants of power in the Constitution, the framers sought to
both define the powers of the national government and limit them.
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution:
by the framers during the Philadelphia convention.
in stages, from 1789 to 1798.
in response to the freeing of the slaves during the Civil War.
in response to the ideals of Jacksonian democracy.
None of these answers is correct.
None of these answers is correct.
To the framers, the great danger of democratic government was the risk of
tyranny of the majority.
The writers of the Constitution used the term ________ to describe a form of government that consists of carefully designed institutions that are responsive to the majority but not captive to it.
republic
The Federalist Papers were written by
Madison, Hamilton, and Jay.
The idea that government should be restricted in its lawful uses of power and hence in its ability to deprive people of their liberty is expressed by the term
limited government.
The framers’ most significant modification of the traditional doctrine of the separation powers was to
ensure that the powers of the separate branches overlap, so that each could better act as a check on the others.
The words of the Declaration of Independence reflected
Locke’s philosophy of inalienable rights.
The U.S. Constitution was ratified by
State conventions.
The writers of the Constitution justified different methods of selection and varying terms of office for the president, Senate, and House as a means of
protection against rapid control by an impassioned majority
In his criticism of the Constitution, the economist Charles Beard argued that
the Constitution’s elaborate systems of power and representation were designed to protect the interests of the rich.
The origin of the concept of separation of powers is most associated with
Montesquieu
