Question 1

Antifederalists favored a stronger national government while Federalists favored stronger state governments.

Accepted Answer

This statement is incorrect. Antifederalists actually favored stronger state governments, while Federalists favored a stronger national government.

Question 2

Among the president's powers are the power to pass the federal budget, the ability to recognize representatives from other countries, and the responsibility for executing the law.

Accepted Answer

The president does have the responsibility for executing the law, and has some influence over the federal budget, but it is actually Congress that has the power to pass the federal budget. The president also has the power to recognize representatives from other countries, but this is not a major power.

Question 3

According to James Madison, factions must be set against each other to control majority tyranny.

Accepted Answer

James Madison believed that factions would naturally emerge in society and that they could not be eliminated. Instead, he argued that the best way to control the negative effects of factionalism was to set different factions against each other, creating a balance of power that would prevent any one group from dominating the rest. This would help to control majority tyranny and ensure that political power was distributed fairly among competing interests.

Question 4

The enumerated powers are the specific list of powers granted to Congress in Article I of the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

The enumerated powers are listed in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution, and they are the specific powers granted to Congress.

Question 5

The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on the control that the federal government has over state governments.

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on the control that the federal government has over individuals and their rights, not state governments. It applies to all levels of government within the United States.

Question 6

The Great Compromise said that slaves would count as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation and taxation.

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Question 7

The Constitution accomplishes the following tasks: it sets up our basic rules of governance, limits government actions against citizens, and provides for specific individual rights.

Accepted Answer

The Constitution establishes the structure of our government, limits its power through checks and balances, and guarantees individual rights and freedoms through the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments.

Question 8

The framers believed that protecting natural rights of citizens would be accomplished through a government that relied on the "consent of the governed."

Accepted Answer

The concept of the "consent of the governed" is central to the framers' understanding of government and the protection of natural rights. This idea holds that government derives its power from the people it governs, and that the people have the right to remove those in power if they fail to protect their rights. This concept is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, which states that "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Question 9

The reason the Constitution did not outlaw slavery was because the framers did not object to the practice.

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Question 10

Members of the Tea Party tend to believe that the federal government has overreached its constitutional authority.

Accepted Answer

The Tea Party movement advocates for limited government and adherence to the original interpretation of the Constitution, which includes a belief that the federal government has overstepped its constitutional boundaries.

Question 11

The Constitution places more limits on government power than the Articles of Confederation.

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Question 12

Northern states feared that southern states would gain more political prominence in the House of Representatives if slaves were counted as full citizens.

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Question 13

The framers of the Constitution believed both in the need for a stronger central government and in the need to limit the national government through the separation of powers.

Accepted Answer

The framers of the Constitution did indeed believe in the need for a stronger central government, but they also recognized the dangers of giving too much power to any one branch or individual. Therefore, they established a system of checks and balances to limit the power of the national government, ensuring that no one branch or person became too powerful.

Question 14

A separation of powers system creates different branches of government with completely independent realms of power.

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Question 15

The Antifederalists pushed for the inclusion of the national supremacy clause.

Accepted Answer

The Antifederalists opposed the national supremacy clause and argued that it would give too much power to the federal government over the states. It was ultimately included in the Constitution due to the efforts of the Federalists.

Question 16

Which of the following is the main argument behind the Tea Party movement?

Accepted Answer

The main argument behind the Tea Party movement is that the expansion of the federal government has grown beyond what the founding fathers intended. They advocate for limited government and fiscal responsibility.

Question 17

The Great Compromise guaranteed that large states would hold more power in the constitutional balance by having membership in both houses of Congress based on population.

Accepted Answer

The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, established a bicameral legislature where each state would have equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House of Representatives. Therefore, small states held more power in the Senate while large states held more power in the House.

Question 18

America's relative economic equality compared to Europe influenced the context of debates at the Constitutional Convention.

Accepted Answer

The relative economic equality in America compared to Europe was a factor that influenced the debates at the Constitutional Convention, as the American founding fathers were concerned with preventing the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a small elite as had occurred in European nations.

Question 19

Attendees at the Constitutional Convention chose the electoral college as a means of selecting a president because it helped tie the executive branch to the legislative branch.

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Question 20

The Supreme Court gained the power of judicial review after the decision in Marbury v. Madison.

Accepted Answer

In the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court established the principle of judicial review, which gave the Court the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

Quiz 2: The Constitution and the Founding