TN Ready Test Prep: Development of an American Republic Part 4

At the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan would have granted more power to

• industrial states.

• agricultural states.

• states with small population.

• states with large population.

At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan would have granted more power to

• industrial states.

• agricultural states.

• states with small population.

• states with large population.

"By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.'

- James Madison, Federalist 10, The Federalist Papers

In Federalist 10, the factions James Madison refers to would most likely be

• slaves.

• states.

• private militias.

• political parties.

The Federalist Papers were written by

• Thomas Jefferson, in support of the Declaration of Independence.

• George Washington, as a part of the advice he left his nation in his farewell speech.

• Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee as arguments against ratification of the US. Constitution.

• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratification of the US Constitution.

Which reason best explains why many Anti-Federalists finally agreed to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?

• arguments by George Washington

• the addition of the Bill of Rights

• a desire to create a better relationship with the Federalists

• a fear that civil war would break out if the dispute were not settled

Opposition to ratification of the Constitution was based on the belief that it would

• promote pluralism, which would threaten liberty.

• produce too much democracy in a strong central government.

• give too much legislative and judicial power to the states.

• provide for elite control, endanger liberty, and weaken the states.

People who urged the ratification of the Constitution would have been MOST likely to join which political party?

• Democratic

• Democratic-Republican

• Federalist

• Whig

Those who supported adoption of the Constitution were called

• Abolitionists.

• Democrats.

• Federalists.

• Republicans.

· Born in 1751 in Virginia

· An author of the Federalist Papers

· Considered the "Father of the Constitution"

· 4th President of the United States

All of these are describing what "Founding Father" of the United States?

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

The Supreme Law of the Land is the

• Bill of Rights.

• U.S. Constitution.

• will of the people.

• executive order of the President.