VUS 9wk Review #1

Which of the following is NOT credited to James Madison

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• President of the United States
• Bill of Rights

Why did the founding fathers want to create a weak government with the Articles of Confederation?

• They were fearful of another powerful government
• they did not trust each other and didn't want to give up their control
• they didn't know how to do any better
• they wanted King George to consider taking them back as a colony

Which of the following is not in the Constitution of the United States?

• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

The first "factions" or divide in the new country was the Federalist vs. the Anti-Federalists.  What was their main difference?

• powers of the federal government
• the need for a new government

Marbury v. Madison 

• judicial review, constitutionality of laws
• interstate commerce, Congress has right to review
• Implied powers, powers not specifically listed in Constitution
• separate but equal, upholding Jim Crow Laws

Gibbons v. Ogden

• judicial review; Supreme Court decides Constitutionality of the laws
• Interstate Commerce; Congress gets to regulate it
• implied powers; powers for Congress not specifically stated
• Dred Scott; slaves and any decedents are not citizens 

McCulloch v. Maryland

• Judicial Review; Supreme Court gets to decide constitutionality of the laws
• interstate commerce; Congress gets to regulate it
• implied powers; those not specifically listed in the Constitution
• Brown v. Board of Education; ends segregation

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Federalist party?

• Strong National Government
• industrial economy (businesses)
• Supported the Constitution
• Wanted a Bill of Rights

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Anti-Federalist/Democratic Republican Party?

• Opposed the Constitution
• Wanted a Bill of Rights
• believed in an agricultural economy
• favored a strong central government

The belief that colonies exist to make the mother country rich is called what?

• Redistribution

• Mercantilism

• Tolerance

• Traditional Territories