Exam 1

Question 1

What is citizenship?

Answer 1

the right of citizens to certain protections from the government

Question 2

Citizenship is also:

Answer 2

the expectation programs such as social security, medicare, and minimum wage

Question 3

citizenship is the responsibility:

Answer 3

of citizens for payment of federal and state income taxes, property taxes, and serving as jurors

Question 4

citizenship is also the responsibility:

Answer 4

of concern and respect between us as citizens, neighbors

Question 5

when were the Articles finished by?

Answer 5

Nov. 1777

Question 6

The Articles had a unicameral legislature called?

Answer 6

congress of confederation

Question 7

How many votes did a state get in the Congress of Confederation?

Answer 7

1 vote

Question 8

What could the Congress of Confederation never win?

Answer 8

the public’s confidence when issuing its national currency

Question 9

What could the Congress of Confederation not collect?

Answer 9

taxes and tariffs on imports unless all 13 states agreed

Question 10

What was the Congress of Confederations only source of revenue?

Answer 10

borrowing money from foreign nations or asking the state governments for money

Question 11

What did the Congress of Confederation agree to do on Feb 1787?

Answer 11

Meet in Philly to revise the Articles

Question 12

What was Virginia’s proposal in May 1787?

Answer 12

replace the Articles with a bicameral Congress with seats in the both the house and the senate

Question 13

What was New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, and Delaware’s motion in June 1787?

Answer 13

to revise and correct the Articles-insisting that Congress remain a unicameral legislature

Question 14

What compromise was reached at the Constitutional Convention in July 1787?

Answer 14

the house has a large number of seats for larger states and the senate with two senators for each state

Question 15

What did the Convention agree in Sept. 1787?

Answer 15

each state have a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Reps

Question 16

What happened if the President won the right combination of states to win a majority of electors?

Answer 16

The House would select the President from any 1 of the 5 candidates winning the largest number of electors

Question 17

What did delegates turn their attention to in Sept. 1787?

Answer 17

The President was given responsibility to nominate justices with the confirmation of the Senate

Question 18

How many delegates completed their work on Sept. 1787?

Answer 18

41 delegates

Question 19

Who were the three that did not sign the Constitution?

Answer 19

George Mason, Edmund Randolph, and Elbridge Gerry

Question 20

the Constitutions ratification was met with what?

Answer 20

public skepticism

Question 21

What did federalists nickname themselves?

Answer 21

nationalists

Question 22

Anti-federalists nicknamed themselves what?

Answer 22

Localists

Question 23

What states ratified the Constitution in Dec. 1787?

Answer 23

Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

Question 24

What states ratified the Constitution in Jan. 1788?

Answer 24

Georgia and Connecticut

Question 25

What state ratified the Constitution in Feb. 1788?

Answer 25

Massachusetts

Question 26

Why did the Great refusal put pressure on the first Congress to amend the Bill of Rights?

Answer 26

The Congress had their doubts that any amendments were necessary

Question 27

What did James Madison say?

Answer 27

the Constitution is infinitely more safe in its present form than it would be after introducing amendments

Question 28

What was James Madison’s promise to Virginia’s voters?

Answer 28

to amend the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Question 29

What did Robert Allen Rutland say about Madison’s proposal?

Answer 29

it was not the proper time to bring them forward

Question 30

How long did it take for Bill of Rights to be ratified by all states?

Answer 30

2 years