AP Gov Unit 1 Progress Check Exam
Question & answers 2025v
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B Nations with extended territory cannot fairly represent their
citizens in a republican form of government.
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
, AP Gov Unit 1 Progress Check Exam
Question & answers 2025v
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B Participatory democracy and elite democracy
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D "... [I]t is impossible to have a representation, possessing the
sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the minds of the people,
without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great
measure to the inconveniency of a democratic government."
While [opponents of the Constitution] admit that the government of
the United States is destitute of energy, they contend against
conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that
Question & answers 2025v
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B Nations with extended territory cannot fairly represent their
citizens in a republican form of government.
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
, AP Gov Unit 1 Progress Check Exam
Question & answers 2025v
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔B Participatory democracy and elite democracy
"In every free government, the people must give their assent to the
laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a
free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will
of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter
by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the
laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the
choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be
disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the
people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the
sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the
sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is
impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of
integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so
numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great-CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D "... [I]t is impossible to have a representation, possessing the
sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the minds of the people,
without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great
measure to the inconveniency of a democratic government."
While [opponents of the Constitution] admit that the government of
the United States is destitute of energy, they contend against
conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that
