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Chapter 2 Test Bank in Word for 9e
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C
An uprising that convinced b Boston Massacre Shay's Rebellion Boston Tea Party
Americans to support a stronge r
national government.
The written constitution first c In the writings of In Scotland In the United State
developed: John Locke
The assignment of legislative, d Federalism Checks and Balanc esBicameralism
executive and judicial powers to
different institutions is an exam ple
of:
What was the most important b It increased the It ended the Frenc h It instantiated Spai
consequence of the Seven Years French as a threat as a threat to the a threat to the Brit
War (aka the French and Indian to the British British colonies in colonies in North
War) with respect to American colonies in North North America America
political development? America
Did the decision to declare a Gradually Immediately Combination of the
independence from Great Britain two
happen immediately or did it
develop gradually?
During the “critical period,” wha t c The Revolutionary The ratification of The Annapolis
major events occurred that spur red War and the Articles of Convention and Sh
the calling of the Constitutional Northwest Confederation and Rebellion
Convention? Ordinance the Battle of
Yorktown
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From what class of society did theb Social, economic, Social, economic, Social, economic, an
Delegates at the Constitutional and political elites and political elites political masses wh
Convention come from and was who were who were not were representativ
this representative of the average representative of representative of of the average
American? the average the average American
American American
How does a representative c
government differ from a direct It doesn’t In a representative In a representative
government the government the
democracy? people rule directly people elect
representative(s) to
conduct the busine
of government
What does bicameralism mean? b That the executive That the legislative That the judicial
branch will exist in branch will exist in abranch will exist unde
a plural form dual chamber form the conditions of
“dual sovereignty”
What was purpose of the To declare the To declare the To declare the
Preambale
to the Constitution? Constitution an act Constitution an act Constitution an act
of the sovereign of sovereign states the sovereign peop
people (rather than(rather than the (rather than of
of sovereign states)sovereign people) sovereign states) an
and to explicate and to explicate the to explicate the mea
the goals of the goals of the the government wi
proposed proposed use for realizing its
government government goals
Which plan that was proposed asba
model for the Constitution called The Virginia Plan The New Jersey planThe Connecticut pla
for a unicameral legislature with
equality of representation?
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, In the Electoral College, what b Equivalent to the Equivalent to the Equivalent to the
formula was utilized to set the number of number of membersnumber of membe
number of electors? members of of Congress with of the Supreme Co
Congress with equality of to ensure an absol
equality of representation as in-direct
representation as derived from the representation am
derived from the Senate and the electors
House and proportionality of
proportionality of representation as
representation as derived from the
derived from the House
Senate
In what sense did the original Billaof It protected It protected state It protected individ
Rights protect rights and liberties? individual rights rights and liberties rights and liberties
and liberties from from the actions of from actions taken
actions by the the national the state governm
national government and
government other states
governments
In the struggle to ratify the b They didn’t; they By using the By using the “reser
Constitution, how did the supported the “reserved powers powers theory,” th
Federalists defend their argument ratification of the theory,” they said said that powers n
that a Bill of Rights was Constitution that powers not given to the nation
unnecessary? expressly granted togovernment would
the national left in reserve for
government by the future consideratio
federal Constitution
would be retained
by the people and
the states
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