Test

Question 0

What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he said “the pursuit of happiness”

Answer 0

Property

Question 1

What where the basic liberties that the colonist wanted when they broke away from Great Britain? (3 answers)

Answer 1

No quartering, no tax without representation, life liberty pursuit of happiness

Question 2

When (year and time of the year), what type of people, what did they go to do. Constitutional convention

Answer 2

1787 summer
Older white men
To revise the articles of confederation

Question 3

How were delegates to the national legislature selected under the
A of C

Answer 3

State legislature

Question 4

What where the A of C? Why did they fail

Answer 4

Our first constitution

Too many weaknesses

Question 5

How where the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts constitutions different
(2)

Answer 5

PA- more democratic, unicameral

MA- less democratic, bicameral

Question 6

How did Shay’s rebellion have an affect on attendance at the constitutional convention
(2)

Answer 6

Proved A of C was weak and encouraged other states to attend

Question 7

What was the main issue in framing the U.S. Constitution

Answer 7

How strong to make the Gov.

Question 8

Differences between the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan

Answer 8

VA- based on pop. Bicameral

NJ- equal representation unicameral

Question 9

How was the conflict between the NJ and VA plan resolved

What did it do

Answer 9

Great compromise- created congress

Question 10

What compromise was settled after the great compromise

What is that for

Answer 10

Senate- equal representation and house based on pop.

Question 11

How was popular majority rule limited by the U.S. Constitution

Answer 11

Amendment process made difficult

Question 12

How are separation of power and federalism related to each other

Answer 12

Both separation of powers and federalism involves a check and balance

Question 13

How have most amendments to the U.S. Constitution been ratified

Answer 13

State legislatures

Question 14

What were the federalism papers? Who wrote them? What were #10 and #51 about?

Answer 14

These papers were written to encourage ratification
Thomas Jefferson
10- factions
51-separation of powers

Question 15

Why did some delegates hesitate to include a Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution
(2)

Answer 15

Already limits in the government

States had bill of rights in their constitutions

Question 16

Why was the bill of rights finally agreed upon

Answer 16

Because federalist knew they had to for ratification

Question 17

Why was slavery not mentioned in the US Constituition

Answer 17

Because the constitution wouldn’t be ratified with it

Question 18

How was the issue of the importation of slaves mentioned in the US Constitution, what year, what was this called

Answer 18

Importation would end in 20 years
1808
Commerce and Slave trade compromise

Question 19

Discuss Charles Beard’s economic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 19

People who loaned money to pay for the revolution wanted a strong national gov’t so they could get repaid

Question 20

Differentiate between federalist and anti-federalist beliefs in strong federal gov,t. Their interpretations

Answer 20

Federalist-strong central gov, loose interpretation

Antis-strong state gov, strict interpretation

Question 21

What is a line-item veto

Answer 21

Veto part while approving the rest

Question 22

Differentiate between cooperative and dual federalism

Answer 22

Cooperative- blurred lines between state and federal (marble cake)
Dual- each is supreme in their own spheres (layer cake)

Question 23

What is a confederation type of gov

Answer 23

A loose league of freindships

Question 24

What amendment deals with its states rights

Answer 24

10th

Question 25

Which founding father was the most for a strong national gov

Answer 25

Alexander Hamilton

Question 26

Which founding father opposed a strong national gov

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson

Question 27

Who was the first Chief Justice to expand the powers of the national gov

Answer 27

James Madison

Question 28

Gibbons v. Ogden Effects

Answer 28

Congress controls interstate commerce

Question 29

Marburg v. Madison. Effects

Answer 29

Judicial review

Question 30

McCullough v. Maryland. Effects. (2)

Answer 30

National gov’t overrides states/ supremacy clause

Question 31

Dred Scott v. Sanford. Effects

Answer 31

Slaves were property not people and could not sue in court

Question 32

What is nullification and when was this an issue?

Answer 32

When a state says something is unconstitutional

Civil war

Question 33

What is interstate commerce

Answer 33

Trade between states

Question 34

Examples of states powers (3)

Answer 34

Conducting elections
Education
Licenses

Question 35

What’s the differences of initiative, referendum, and recall

Answer 35

Initiative- citizens start a law
Referendum- citizens vote on an initiative
Recall- removing an elected official from office

Question 36

Define: Grant-in-aid
Categorical grant
Mandate
Block grant
Revenue-sharing

Answer 36

Grant-in-aid- federal $ given to states/ conditions can be attached
Block grant- lump some of $ for public benefit
Mandate-federal gov force states to complete project or do something
Condition of aid- terms states have to meet in order to get federal $
Categorical grants- $ for specific purposes. String attached

Question 37

How could census results have an effect on grants

Answer 37

States gain or lose population which means more or less money

Question 38

Define:
Checks and balances
Separation of powers

Answer 38

Checks and balances- each branch keeps an eye on the other branches, to make sure they aren’t getting too strong

Separation of powers- each branch has certain powers delegated to it

Question 39

What’s devolution

Answer 39

Federal gov’t giving less to the states