Quiz 1 Flashcards
The principle that holds that the powers of government should be limited and embodied in a basic written law is referred to as…
The Constitution.
What was the main purpose of the “Committees of Correspondence”?
To establish a network of communication between the colonies.
A federal system of government gives…
central government exclusive power in the area of national security.
National Supremacy refers to…
State government’s ability to subjugate the national government when policies conflict with the Constitution, constitutional acts of Congress, or national treaties.
Although the Constitution gives Congress the expressed power to raise an army and navy, it does not say how this is to be done. How Congress does this is based on its use of the…
C. Necessary and Proper Clause.
True or False:
The United States is primarily a direct democracy.
False.
Which one of the following best explains why the Articles of Confederation purposely created a weak national government?
A. the Articles were based on a theory of stated sovereignty.
One of the prominent features of the New Jersey plan was…
C. a single house in which all states would be represented equally.
True or False:
The Connecticut Compromise was a proposal that called for the number of representatives in the House to be determined by population and giving each states equal representation in the Senate.
A. True.
The Virginia Plan envisioned…
D. a strong central government composed of legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
The framers of the Constitution created a form of government that delegates specific powers to the national government and…
B. reserves the remaining powers for the states.
