Quiz 4

Question 1

In #15, Hamilton refers to the principle of legislating for states or governments rather than for individuals a “great and radical __________.”

Answer 1

vice

Question 2

Laws passed under the Articles of Confederation government are, in practice, mere _____________ which the states may observe or disregard.

Answer 2

recommendations

Question 3

The penalty annexed to disobedience must be _______ of the magistracy or of arms.

Answer 3

coercion

Question 4

Why has government been instituted at all?

Answer 4

Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

Question 5

The principal purposes answered by Union are:

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

“The government ought to clothed with all the _________ requisite to complete execution of its trust.”

Answer 6

powers

Question 7

“We must extend the laws of the federal government to the __________ of America.”

Answer 7

individual citizens

Question 8

A major difficulty encountered by the (Constitutional) convention was combining the requisite (necessary) __________ and __________ in government with the attention due to __________ and the ___________ form.

Answer 8

stability, energy, liberty, republican

Question 9

_________ in government is essential to security and execution of the laws.

Answer 9

energy

Question 10

_________ in government is essential to national ________ and to repose and confidence in the minds of the people.

Answer 10

stability, character

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

people

Question 12

__________ requires that those in power continue for a length of time the same.

Answer 12

stability

Question 13

Energy requires duration of power & execution of it by a ________ hand.

Answer 13

single

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

republican

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

limited

Question 16

Is the Constitution a national or federal one?

Answer 16

a composition of both

Question 17

___________ is of an encroaching nature and must be restrained.

Answer 17

power

Question 18

The ____________ department is extending its sphere of activity and drawing all power into its vortex.

Answer 18

legislative

Question 19

Is “demarcation of parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments” a sufficient guard against encroachments?

Answer 19

no

Question 20

The ___________ of the public ought to control and regulate the government.

Answer 20

reason

Question 21

The __________ ought to be controlled and regulated by the government.

Answer 21

passions

Question 22

_____________ in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government.

Answer 22

energy

Question 23

It is essential for four reasons:

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

A feeble executive implies a _________ execution of the government.

Answer 24

feeble

Question 25

Feeble execution ultimately leads to ____________ government.

Answer 25

bad

Question 26

The four ingredients which constitute energy in the executive are:

Answer 26

a. Unity
b. Duration
c. Adequate provision for support
d. Competent powers

Question 27

The two ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense are:

Answer 27

a. Due dependence on the people.

b. Due responsibility.

Question 28

______________ is best adapted to deliberation and wisdom.

Answer 28

The executive be a single person

Question 29

Unity is conducive to energy because it allows:

Answer 29

a. Decision
b. Activity
c. Secrecy
d. Despatch

Question 30

Should legislature decide quickly?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

The qualities in the executive which are the most necessary ingredients are:

Answer 31

a. Vigor

b. Expedition

Question 32

One of the weightiest objections to a plurality in the executive is that it tends to destroy _____________.

Answer 32

responsibility