Quiz 4 Flashcards
In #15, Hamilton refers to the principle of legislating for states or governments rather than for individuals a “great and radical __________.”
vice
Laws passed under the Articles of Confederation government are, in practice, mere _____________ which the states may observe or disregard.
recommendations
The penalty annexed to disobedience must be _______ of the magistracy or of arms.
coercion
Why has government been instituted at all?
Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
The principal purposes answered by Union are:
a. The common defense of the members.
b. The preservation of the public peace as well against internal convulsions as external attacks.
c. The regulation of commerce with other nations and between States.
d. The superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries.
“The government ought to clothed with all the _________ requisite to complete execution of its trust.”
powers
“We must extend the laws of the federal government to the __________ of America.”
individual citizens
A major difficulty encountered by the (Constitutional) convention was combining the requisite (necessary) __________ and __________ in government with the attention due to __________ and the ___________ form.
stability, energy, liberty, republican
_________ in government is essential to security and execution of the laws.
energy
_________ in government is essential to national ________ and to repose and confidence in the minds of the people.
stability, character
Republican liberty demands that: a) all power be derived from the _______, b) those entrusted with power have terms of short duration, and c) power be placed in a number of hands.
people
__________ requires that those in power continue for a length of time the same.
stability
Energy requires duration of power & execution of it by a ________ hand.
single
According to Madison in #39, only a ___________ form of government is reconcilable with the genius of the American people, with the principles of the Revolution, or with the belief that we have the capacity for self-government.
republican
A republic is defined as a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people and is administered by person holding their offices for a ___________ period.
limited
Is the Constitution a national or federal one?
a composition of both
___________ is of an encroaching nature and must be restrained.
power
The ____________ department is extending its sphere of activity and drawing all power into its vortex.
legislative
Is “demarcation of parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments” a sufficient guard against encroachments?
no
The ___________ of the public ought to control and regulate the government.
reason
The __________ ought to be controlled and regulated by the government.
passions
_____________ in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government.
energy
It is essential for four reasons:
a. The protection of the community against foreign attacks.
b. The stead administration of the laws.
c. The protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice.
d. The security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy.
A feeble executive implies a _________ execution of the government.
feeble
Feeble execution ultimately leads to ____________ government.
bad
The four ingredients which constitute energy in the executive are:
a. Unity
b. Duration
c. Adequate provision for support
d. Competent powers
The two ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense are:
a. Due dependence on the people.
b. Due responsibility.
______________ is best adapted to deliberation and wisdom.
The executive be a single person
Unity is conducive to energy because it allows:
a. Decision
b. Activity
c. Secrecy
d. Despatch
Should legislature decide quickly?
No
The qualities in the executive which are the most necessary ingredients are:
a. Vigor
b. Expedition
One of the weightiest objections to a plurality in the executive is that it tends to destroy _____________.
responsibility
