Political Science: Chapter 2, The Constitution Quiz 2

Political science: chapter 2 The constitution

Question 1       The Virginia plan called for:

            1)         Strong state governments

            2)         Single legislature

            3)         Equality among states

            4)         Bicameral legislature

Question 2       Who initially insisted that a Bill of Rights be amended to the Constitution?

Whigs

            1)         Democrats

            2)         Federalists

            3)         Anti-Federalists

            4)         James Madison

Question 3       In 1765, the American colonists initiated a major protest against:

            1)         The French

            2)         Stamp Act

            3)         Tea Act

            4)         State governments

Question 4       One of the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation was:

            1)         It had a strong president

            2)         It had a functioning judiciary

            3)         Created a tyranny

            4)         Had no effective central government

Question 5       The most serious disagreement among large and small states during the Constitutional Convention was over:

            1)         Representation in Congress

            2)         Westward expansion

            3)         Creating a tyrannical government

            4)         Taxation

Question 6       According to Thomas Hobbes, the state of nature is peaceful coexistence.

            1)         True

            2)         False

Question 7       The preamble embraces the principle of popular sovereignty.

            1)         True

            2)         False

Question 8       As discussed in class, the Constitutional provision "He shall have power … to make treaties… and he shall nominate judges of the Supreme Court" embraces the following principle(s):

            1)         Popular sovereignty

            2)         Separation of powers

            3)         Checks and balances

            4)         B and C

Question 9       The three fifths compromise was drafted in order to deal with the following issue:

            1)         Presidential impeachment

            2)         How to count slaves when counting the state's population

            3)         How to select the members of the Supreme Court

            4)         The number of the Southern states needed to ratify a treaty

Question 10     The document regulating the government established shortly after the Declaration of Independence was known as:

            1)         The Constitution

            2)         The Federation treaty

            3)         Federalist papers

            4)         The Articles of Confederation