UTA POLS2311 CH02 PRE TEST Latest 2021 June

POLS2311 Intro to U S Government

CH 02 PRE-TEST

Question 1Who was responsible for carrying out laws passed by the national Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

the presidency

the Congress

the federal judiciary

the states

  the federal bureaucracy

 Question 2Which of the following best describes the Supreme Court as understood by the Founders?

the body that would choose the president

the principal check on presidential power

an arbiter of disputes within the Congress

  foreign alliances

  the highest court of both the national government and the states

Question 3The issue of representation was addressed in the Great Compromise by giving each state

the opportunity to elect its own governors and state legislatures.

an equal number of senators and a number of representatives based on the state’s population.

an equal number of votes in the Electoral College but votes in the Senate based on population.

a veto over constitutional amendments and the right to propose their own constitutional amendments.

  an equal number of senators and an equal number of representatives.

Question 4A unicameral legislature is an assembly composed of two chambers or houses.

  True

  False

Question 5Which features of the Constitution did Anti-federalists fear would lead to the emergence of tyranny?

the Three-Fifths Compromise

the provisions that created government institutions without direct responsibility to the people

the provisions that lent power to a popular majority of citizens

the checks that the Constitution placed on the legislative branch of government

  the supremacy clause

Question 6There are 18 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

  True

  False

Question 7The first governing document in the United States was

the Declaration of Independence.

the Articles of Confederation.

the Constitution.

the Bill of Rights.

  the Virginia Plan.

Question 8Which of the following best describes the process of amending the Constitution?

It is difficult and has rarely been used successfully to address specific public problems.

It is difficult and has frequently been used successfully to address specific public problems.

It is easy and has rarely been used successfully to address specific public problems.

It is easy and has frequently been used successfully to address specific public problems.

  It is easy, but it has never been used for any purpose.

Question 9During the debate over ratification, the Federalists were

those who opposed the new Constitution because it created a stronger national government than existed

those who opposed the new Constitution because it created a weaker national government than existed under the Articles of Confederation.

those who opposed the new Constitution because it did not end slavery.

those who supported the new Constitution because it created a stronger national government than existed under the Articles of Confederation.

  those who supported the new Constitution becausse it ended slavery.

Question 10The Federalist Papers were written by

  John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.

  John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson.

  Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and James Madison.

  John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.

  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.

Question 11What are expressed powers?

powers granted to the federal government by Supreme court decisions

powers specifically expressed in the text of the Constitution

powers expressed in legislation passed by Congress

powers granted to the federal government by the Tenth Amendment

  powers exercised according to the neessary and proper clause

Question 12The British attempted to raise revenue in the North American colonies by

imposing income taxes.

imposing taxes on commerce.

expropriating and selling Native American lands.

levying licensing fees for the mining of natural resources.

  requesting voluntary donations.

Question 13The framers hoped to create a presidency that would be

unconditionally powerful.

easily influenced by popular democratic pressures.

constrained by congressional stalemates.

capable of timely and decisive action.

  completely dependent on Congress.

Question 14Which event led directly to the Constitutional Convention by providing evidence that the government created under the Articles of Confederation was unable to act decisively in time of national crisis?

the Boston Massacre

the Boston Tea Party

Shays’s Rebellion

the Annapolis Convention

  the War of 1812

Question 15The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that determined how enslaved people would be counted for the purposes of taxation and congressional representation was called the

Virginia Plan.

New Jersey Plan.

Connecticut Compromise.

Three-Fifths Compromise.

  Great Compromise.

Question 16Which proposal argue that states should be represented in the national legislature according to their size and wealth?

the Connecticut plan

the Maryland plan

the New Jersey plan

the Rhode Island plan

  the Virginia plan

Question 17What is the significance of the Bill of Rights?

  It protected the right of southern states to use slavery.

It gave the Supreme Court the power to declare actions by Congress invalid or unconstitutional.

It ensured certain rights and liberties to the people.

It divided the legislature into the House and the Senate.

  It consists of the first 12 amendments to the Constitution.

Question 18The New Jersey Plan offered a framework for the Constitution, introduced by William Paterson, that called for equal state representation in the national legislature regardless of population.

 True

  False

Question 19During the ratification debates, who were the Antifederalists?

those who opposed the new Constitution because they wanted a weaker national government

those who opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough national government

those who supported the Constitution because it did not provide women with the right to vote

those who supported the Constitution because it contained a strong national government

  those who were neutral about a new Constitution

Question 20In their fight against British taxes, such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act of 1764, New England merchants and southern planters allied with which of the following groups

shopkeepers, small farmers, laborers, and artisans

shopkeepers only

laborers only

artisans only

  shopkeepers and laborers only