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Chapter 2 Post Test

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  a flu pandemic killed over 10,000 Americans in the spring of 1784.
B  “radical” forces representing small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers began to exert control over a number of state governments.
C  royal land-, office-, and patent holders began to exert control over a number of state governments.
D  a series of slave revolts swept through the southern states and overthrew a number of local governments in the summer of 1783.
Question #2
A  prohibited from entering into treaties with other nations but allowed to coin money.
B  prohibited from coining money but are allowed to enter into treaties with other nations.
C  prohibited from coining money or entering into treaties with other nations.
D  allowed to coin money and enter into treaties with other nations.
Question #3
A  Citizens should vote directly on the laws.
B  Power must be used to balance power.
C  The federal government must be much more powerful than state governments.
D  Slavery is an evil institution that should be abolished.
Question #4
A  opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker central government.
B  believed that the United States should enter into a confederation with Britain and Canada.
C  opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
D  supported the Constitution because it created a strong national government.
Question #5
A  amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within ten years of being proposed.
B  amendments to the Constitution can be ratified many decades after being proposed.
C  amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within twenty years of being proposed.
D  amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within four years of being proposed.
Question #6
A  The framers feared that democracy and equality could undermine individual liberty.
B    
C  Liberty is the absence of government.
D  Liberty is less important than social and economic equality.
E  Government promotes liberty by maintaining order.
Question #7
A  20
B  10
C  37
D  27
Question #9
A  adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
B  decreasing the powers of the executive branch, especially those of the vice president.
C  providing Congress with a larger grant of powers.
D  preventing government from collecting revenue through taxation.
Question #10
A  James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
B  John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
C  James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton
D  Charles Beard, Daniel Shays, and Paul Revere
Question #11
A  opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker national government.
B  opposed the Constitution because it did not provide women with the right to vote.
C  opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
D  supported the Constitution because it contained a strong national government.
Question #12
A  set at nine in Article III of the Constitution.
B  set at seven in Article III of the Constitution.
C  determined by the president.
D  determined by Congress.
Question #13
A  appoint the Speaker of the House of Representatives
B  veto congressional enactments
C  convene Congress in special session
D  grant pardons and reprieves
Question #14
A  promote economic equality among all citizens.
B  end the slave trade.
C  create a replica of the British political system.
D  prevent the new government from abusing its power.
Question #15
A  the Department of Justice
B  the Department of Commerce
C  the Solicitor General
D  the Supreme Court
Question #16
A  such a list would limit economic development.
B  since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.
C  citizens should vote directly on which rights should be protected.
D  such a list would make government too weak to protect national security.
Question #17
A  end slavery in the United States.
B  eliminate state and local governments.
C  guarantee economic equality for all citizens.
D  promote economic development and protect property from radical state legislatures.
Question #18
A  the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws.
B  the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.
C  Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts.
D  the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.
Question #19
A  the Treasury Department
B  the president
C  the House of Representatives
D  the Senate
Question #20
A  The president under the Articles of Confederation could declare war without approval from the Congress.
B  The president under the Articles of Confederation could appoint judges for the federal judiciary without approval from Congress.
C  The president under the Articles of Confederation was the official chosen by the Congress to preside over its sessions, not the chief executive of the national government.
D  The president under the Articles of Confederation could veto any laws passed by the Congress.
Question #21
A  reinforce the unity of the New England merchants and the southern planters.
B  increase public support for the establishment of a national bank.
C  transfer power from the Senate majority leader to the vice president.
D  exacerbate tensions between the New England merchants and the southern planters.
Question #22
A  90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
B  the country’s enslaved population was evenly distribution across the 13 states.
C  90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Delaware.
D  90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida.
Question #23
A  northern states; southern states
B  Catholics; Protestants
C  large states; small states
D  the wealthy; the poor
Question #24
A  Representation would be equal for each state.
B  Representation would be proportionate to the share of taxes paid by each state to the federal government.
C  Representatives to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures.
D  Representation would be based on population.
Question #27
A  All of the states sent delegates.
B  None of the states sent delegates.
C  More than half of the states sent delegates.
D  Less than half of the states sent delegates.
Question #28
A  filed a lawsuit against the state in the Supreme Court.
B  passed a law making all such future redistributions illegal.
C  issued an injunction to return the land to the original owners.
D  did nothing because the government had no powers allowing them to intervene.
Question #29
A  could be amended only through a national constitutional convention in which three-fourths of state governors approved of all changes.
B  included no provisions allowing for the addition of amendments.
C  could be amended only with a majority vote of the Congress.
D  could be amended only with a unanimous vote of the Congress.
Question #31
A  the Articles of Confederation
B  the Emancipation Proclamation
C  the United States Constitution
D  the Magna Carta
Question #32
A  a group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods.
B  the meeting arranged between British and colonial forces to negotiate the end of the Revolutionary War.
C  a loose affiliation of small farmers and artisans that organized protests against British rule between 1770 and 1774.
D  the British government’s lawmaking body for the colonies prior to 1776.
Question #33
A  John Hancock
B  John Adams
C  Paul Revere
D  Samuel Adams
Question #34
A  50 British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
B  five British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
C  50 colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
D  five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
Question #35
A  The British ruled with a heavy hand in small towns but exerted no influence at all in the largest cities.
B  The British ruled with a light hand and exerted a strong influence only in the largest colonial cities.
C  The British ruled with a heavy hand and exerted a strong influence in every colonial town and city.
D  The British ruled with a light hand and exerted almost no influence at all in any colonial town or city.
Question #36
A  all inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
B  all White male inhabitants of the state that owned property were allowed to vote.
C  all White inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
D  all White male inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
Question #37
A  I.
B  X.
C  II.
D  V.
Question #38
A  All of the successful amendments address voting rights.
B  While most amendment efforts failed because they attempted to address a specific public problem, successful amendments changed the structure or composition of government.
C  There has never been a successful attempt to amend the Constitution through the formal procedure spelled out in Article V.
D  While most amendment efforts have failed because they attempted to change the structure or composition of government, successful amendments addressed specific public policy problems.
Question #39
A  democracy.
B  economic equality.
C  individual liberty.
D  political equality.
Question #40
A  fewer than 100
B  fewer than 50
C  between 1,000 and 1,500
D  more than 11,000
Question #41
A  the supremacy clause and the elastic clause
B  the Tenth Amendment and the elastic clause
C  the Tenth Amendment and the supremacy clause
D  the Ninth Amendment and the supremacy clause
Question #42
A  northern merchants.
B  landowning elite.
C  king of Great Britain.
D  popular majority.
Question #43
A  a series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine in 1775 and 1776 advocating independence from Great
B  a series of essays that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
C  the collected essays of French political philosopher Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu that argued for the separation of powers.
D  a series of essays that argued against the ratification of the Constitution.
Question #44
A  Congress has the power to create a system of federal courts below the Supreme Court.
B  Congress has the power to nominate and appoint the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
C  Congress has the power to nominate and appoint judges to federal appellate courts.
D  Congress has the power to eliminate the Supreme Court.
Question #45
A  Senators are the only officials immune from impeachment.
B  Senators are directly elected by the people.
C  Senators have shorter terms than members of the House of Representatives.
D  Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures.
Question #46
A  prohibiting state governments from discriminating against citizens of other states in favor of their own citizens.
B  outlawing government discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender.
C  claiming that powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states.
D  asserting that the federal Constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
Question #47
A  this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.
B  too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.
C  the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
D  this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.
Question #48
A  a mixed regime
B  democracy
C  a republic
D  tyranny
Question #49
A  U.S. vice president
B  U.S. senator
C  U.S. president
D  U.S. representative
Question #50
A  There was no president under the Articles of Confederation but there is a president placed in charge of the executive branch under the Constitution.
B  There was a unicameral legislature under the Articles of Confederation but there is a bicameral legislature under the Constitution.
C  Constitutional amendments had to be approved by three-quarters of state governments under the Articles of Confederation but only have to be approved by two-thirds of state governments under the Constitution.
D  There was no federal court system under the Articles of Confederation but there is a federal court system headed by the Supreme Court under the Constitution.
Question #51
A  invade New England by royalists from Canada.
B  force the British government to rescind the Tea Act.
C  prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers.
D  bring a Georgian slave revolt to Virginia.
Question #52
A  free
B  slaveowning
C  less-populous
D  southern
Question #53
A  This form of ratification was the only one allowed by the existing provisions in the Articles of Confederation.
B  This form of ratification was designed to win approval for the new government from the international community.
C  This form of ratification was thought to be the only approach consistent with the founders’ definition of democracy.
D  This form of ratification was intended to make it clear that the new government would be a national government and not a compact between the states.
Question #54
A  the primary architect of the New Jersey Plan.
B  a former army captain who led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government.
C  the primary architect of the Virginia Plan.
D  one of the authors of the Federalist Papers.
Question #55
A  imposed large tariffs on luxury goods arriving on American lands through East Coast ports.
B  established the principles of land surveying and landownership that governed America’s westward expansion.
C  redistributed the property of British loyalists to small farmers who supported the revolution.
D  provided 40 acres of free land to all immigrants from western and northern European countries.
Question #56
A  slavery was a “morally unjust” institution that should be outlawed.
B  laissez-faire capitalism would be the “supreme law of the land” in America.
C  America was “first and foremost, a Christian nation.”
D  there were “unalienable rights” that could not be abridged by governments.
Question #57
A  1763
B  1781
C  1777
D  1791
Question #58
A  revocation of the Tea Act
B  complete independence from Britain
C  the end of the French and Indian War
D  elimination of the British monarchy
Question #59
A  John Hancock
B  Thomas Jefferson
C  John Adams
D  Samuel Adams
Question #60
A  shopkeepers, artisans, laborers, and small farmers.
B  southern planters.
C  New England merchants.
D  royal office and patent holders.