Political Science

Chapter 2 Quiz Review

1.  Proposal during the Constitutional Convention that wanted representation (in Congress) based on population / Virginia Plan
2.  Intellectual movement in Europe in which its leaders wanted to reform society using reason & by challenging tradition / Enlightenment
3.  Concession of the North during the Constitutional Convention in which they agreed to count a portion of the slaves as part of the overall population / 3/5th Compromise
4.  Wanted equal representation for ALL STATES regardless of size / New Jersey Plan
5.  established “a firm league of friendship” among the States / Articles of Confederation
6.  Creators of the Constitution / The Framers
7.  Armed uprising in Massachusetts against the loss of farmers property to tax collectors which greatly showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation / Shay’s Rebellion
8.  Proposal made during the Constitutional Convention that called for one house with equal representation for States and another house with representation proportionate to the States’ populations / Connecticut Compromise
9.  Supported ratification of the Constitution / Federalists
10.  Did not support the ratification / Antifederalists
11.  Articles of confederation weaknesses / No Executive, Congress could not tax, no judicial branch, all states needed to amend
12.  original purpose of calling the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention / Improve and Revise Articles
13.  Where was George Washington inaugurated as the first President / New York
14.  New York’s approval of the Constitution was absolutely necessary because / Linked New England colonies, center of trade and commerce
15.  heaviest criticism of the proposed Constitution / Lacked a Bill of Rights
16.  First state to ratify the Constitution / Delaware
17.  Name for the Chief Executive in a Parliamentary government / Prime Minister
18.  Name for the Chief Executive in the United States / President
19.  characteristic of a state / Population
Territory ______
Sovereignty ______
Government______
20.  theory of the origin of a state that says it came from an agreement among people / Social contract
21.  In President’s Oath of Office, the President’s primary job is to / preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
22.  What the Framers counted a slave as in determining the population and representation of a state / 3/5th of a person
23.  Compromise which created the Senate and the House of Representatives / Connecticut
24.  Plan favored by large states which said the more people, the more congressmen representing a state / Virginia
25.  Characteristic of how meetings were held during the Constitutional Convention / secret
26.  Characteristic of the Constitutional Convention by which an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions / compromise
27.  Current name of this building / Independence Hall
28.  We the People” illustrates which Guiding Principle of the Constitution / Popular______
Sovereignty______
29.  During Watergate, Nixon did not believe in this Guiding Principle / Limited
Government
30.  Guiding Principle that says Each branch of government can block or be blocked by the others / Checks and Balances
31.  Power of the Judicial branch to nullify (cancel out) a law if it’s unconstitutional / Judicial Review
32.  Guiding Principle that says Government power is shared by the Federal government (Washington DC) and the state governments / Federalism