POS TEST 1

Question 1

Most Americans in the early republic were interested in protecting citizens from what kind of power?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What were characteristics of American political culture in the early republic?

Question 3

What political arguments did Americans use to challenge the Stamp Act of 1765?

Question 4

What was the first framework of government adopted by the U.S. after becoming independent?

Question 5

What did the Virginia Plan call for at the Constitutional Convention?

Question 6

What did the New Jersey Plan call for at the Constitutional Convention?

Question 7

Which men were most involved in drafting and ratifying the Constitution?

Question 8

What are some major examples of checks and balances in the Constitution?

Question 9

What is the commerce clause in the Constitution?

Question 10

What was the process used for ratifying the U.S. Constitution?

Question 11

What is federalism?

Question 12

What part of the federal government was designed in the 1787 Constitution to be directly elected by the framers?

Question 13

What is bicameralism? Why was this structure created in the legislative branch?

Question 14

What are the three branches of the federal government?

Question 15

What actions by the British government before and during the American Revolution made many Americans fear a strong national government after gaining independence?

Question 16

What methods have been used in the U.S. to restrict voting rights?

Question 17

What is Judicial Review?

Question 18

What is the term length of a Supreme Court Justice?

Question 19

What is the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution?

Question 20

What Supreme Court case is recognized as setting the precedent of Judicial Review?

Question 21

What is meant by “reserved powers” in the Constitution?

Question 22

What were the main ideas of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

Question 23

Why was the Articles of Confederation written to limit national power?

Question 24

What structural method is used to elect Presidents in the U.S? How does it work?

Question 25

What is the commerce clause? Which early Supreme Court case confirmed federal authority over interstate commerce?

Question 26

What is the Establishment Clause in the Bill of Rights? What was it intended to prevent?

Question 27

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? Which political faction demanded it?

Question 28

What is the process for amending the U.S. Constitution?