W05 Exam 2

Question 1

Which government official is limited in the amount of time he or she may serve?

Answer 1

President

Question 2

Which statement about a bill becoming a law is true?

Answer 2

When congress is in session, the President has 10 days (not counting Sundays) to veto a bill and send it back to them.

Question 3

The Founders wrote the U.S. constitution for which purpose?

Answer 3

Define and constrain power

Question 4

The____________solved the most difficult problem of the convention, including how the states would be represented in the new Congress.

Answer 4

Great Compromise

Question 5

Which of the plans presented at the Constitutional Convention included a two-house legislature based on population, down-played states’ rights, and guaranteed a republican form of government?

Answer 5

the Virginia Plan

Question 6

Which statement correctly describes how the issue of slaver was “solved” at the convention?

Answer 6

Slavery was considered a moral issue by many delegates, but a political compromise kept Congress from stopping the importation of slaves for 20 years after ratification.

Question 7

The meaning of ‘e pluribus unum’ is_______

Answer 7

Out of the many, one

Question 8

Which of the following is a delegated power of the Congress given in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution?

Answer 8

declare war

Question 9

Why has the Constitutional Convention been called the “Miracle of Philadelphia”?

Answer 9

Compromises were achieved despite the vast differences between members of the Convention.

Question 10

All but one of the following is found in the First Amendment. Choose the one that is NOT found there.

Answer 10

Congress cannot prohibit the people’s right to privacy.

Question 11

What constitutional provisions allow the judicial branch to remain independent of popular opinionnd of the other two branches

Answer 11

Judges serve for life and their salaries cannot be decreased during their term in office.

Question 12

Because of their experience under the Articles of Confederation, many of the founders, like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, began to believe what?

Answer 12

A legitimate and workable national government must have sufficient ability and power to enforce its own laws.

Question 13

What was the Constitution designed to do?

Answer 13

Strengthen the national government.

Question 14

Which statement describes the “intellectual breakthrough” Madison presented to the convention concerning the size of a republic?

Answer 14

There could be stability in large republics.

Question 15

At the beginning of the Constitutional Convention, who was the delegate that proposed eliminating the Articles of Confederation and replacing them with a new government?

Answer 15

Governor Edmund Randoph

Question 16

Why was George Washington’s presence at the Constitutional Convention so important?

Answer 16

He was respected by the delegates and was able to temper their emotions.

Question 17

Presidents are elected____________

Answer 17

by the Electoral Colleg

Question 18

In Federalist 51, James Madison argued that the Constitution provided what?

Answer 18

A political system of auxiliary precautions to protect against the failure of public virtue.

Question 19

Popular sovereignty means that the power of a government comes from____________

Answer 19

the people who exercise their right of suffrage

Question 20

Which principle did the English Parliament first achieve when it pulled away legislative powers from the king in the revolution of 1688?

Answer 20

Separation of Power

Question 21

Which French political theorist inspired many at the Constitutional convention to separate power into multiple branches?

Answer 21

Montesquieu

Question 22

Why is Federalism (Division of Power) so important in protecting the rights of the public?

Answer 22

It creates a natural tension between federal and state powers over which an entity has the correct power to govern specific areas.

Question 23

is the relationship between virtue and auxiliary precautions?

Answer 23

Auxiliary precautions preserve freedom when virtue fails.

Question 24

Who is often referred to as the Father of the Constitution?

Answer 24

James Madison

Question 25

According to James Madison in Federalist 51, what is the “great difficulty” in forming a government of men over men?

Answer 25

You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Question 26

When virtue exists in a society and is practiced by the people _______________

Answer 26

the people practice regulated and restrained self-interest

Question 27

T/F: The ratification process of the constitution and the forging of the national government settled the majority of constitutional questions.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Which English document inspired the Bill of Rights?

Answer 28

Magna Carta

Question 29

Which statement correctly describes an example of checks and balances in the Constitution?

Answer 29

The power to make, to enforce, and to interpret the law is separated into three distinct branches or departments.

Question 30

T/F: A Bill of Rights was considered in the original text of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Which statement represents one of the reasons why Elder Dallin H. Oaks sees the Constitution as an inspired document?

Answer 31

It contains five great fundamentals or grand principles, one of which is the Rule of Law.

Question 32

A term meaning something that is meant to divide and never be solved is called a ______________

Answer 32

Wedge issue

Question 33

Which of the following were included in the five fundamentals of an inspired constitution as mentioned by Elder Oaks?

Answer 33

Division of Powers, Popular Sovereignty, A Written Bill of Rights (All of the answers are correct)

Question 34

According to James Madison, what should auxiliary precautions do in the Constitutional system?

Answer 34

They should supply through opposite and rival interests the structures of government which truly “oblige” the government to control itself.

Question 35

According to Madison, what is the primary control on the power of government?

Answer 35

The virtue of the people.