Week 2 of Review: Constitution/B.O.R/Political Parties/Jackson Era

Which question at the Constitutional Convention was resolved by the "Great Compromise"?

• How the President should be elected?
• Who should control commerce and trade?
• What should be the structure of the Federal Court System?
• What formula should be used for Congressional representation. 

What was a key argument used by the Federalist for the ratification of the U.S Constitution?

• It prohibited the power of the Federal Government to wage war.
• It provided for construction of a new capitol in the South.
• It allowed the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years.
• It has features that prevent the abuse of Government power.

The adoption of the Bill of Rights (1791) addressed Anti-Federalist criticism of the new Constitution by---

• allowing the national government to coin money
• establishing a process for impeaching Federal officials 
• providing for an indirect method of election the president 
• protecting citizens from abuses of power by the national government 

King George III had quartered British soldiers in the homes of colonist. This abuse of royal power was listed as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence. Which document prohibited similar conduct?

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Articles of Confederation
• the original Constitution of 1787
• the Bill of Rights

Which would be a primary source of information about the War of 1812?

• a battle plan from 1813 for the attack on Ft. McHenry
• a recent novel about the Battle of New Orleans
• a movie on the life of President James Madison
• A military history of the war written in 1905

Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality (1793), Jefferson's Embargo Act(1807), and the Monroe Doctrine (1823) were all efforts to-----

• avoid political conflicts with European Nations
• directly support European revolutions
• aid Great Britain in its war against France
• promote military alliances

Which was an important leadership quality of President George Washington?

• strong support for the emerging party system
• a willingness to listen to different points of view
• a failure to make his own decisions
• eagerness to engage in conflict with European powers 

Why did President Jackson support the introduction of a "Spoils System"?

• it would end Vetoing bills he disliked
• it would have to be enforced by supreme court decisions
• It would open up jobs in government to average citizens
• it would remove Native Americans from thier traditional lands

Under John Marshall's leadership the Supreme Court issued decisions that----

• declared racial segregation laws unconstitutional 
• emphasized the supremacy of federal laws over state laws
• increased the ability of Congress to limit the powers of the President
• gave states the power to tax the Bank of the United States

The decision in Gibbons v Ogden(1824) basically addressed which of the following issues?

• the regulation of interstate commerce
• the issue of Congressional privileges
• the right of the states to tax a federal property
• the Supreme Court's right to declare Congressional acts unconstitutional