POLS 1101 Midterm

All of the following characterize the New Jersey Plan EXCEPT

• it assumed that national government power would be derived from the states

• it proposed a unicameral legislature

• like the Articles of Confederation, it lacked an Executive branch

• it favored equal representation among the states

Aristotle envisioned democracy as rule by the __________.

• Mob

• People

• Elites

• Senate

Throughout many of the Federalist Papers, the authors refer to __________ as being the best people to govern

• appointed officials

• elected officials

• "men of fit character"

• Federalists

The Great Compromise

• provided strong powers to the state governments

• established a legislature with equal state representation in the Senate and representation by state population in the House

• limited the importation of slaves for twenty years

• created a confederate system of government

• All of the above

According to Locke, where should the true power of government reside?

• in the courts

• with a duly-elected president

• in a constitution

• in the legislature

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution lists the powers of the national government. Who possess the powers that are not listed in Article I, Section 8?

• The national government, but subject to oversight by the federal courts

• A special commission composed of national-government department heads and state governors

• The states and the people

• The political parties

• Nobody possesses the remaining powers

The powers of Congress are outlined in Article ________ of the Constitution; the powers of the Presidency are outlined in Article ___________; and the powers of the Judiciary in Article ________

• two/one/three

• one/two/three

• three/one/two

• two/three/one

The functional division of power among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government is the _____________________.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Power

• Federalism

• Republican

The group that favored the ratification of the Constitution was known as ____________.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• The Oligarchy

• Socialists

Once the Senate votes to impeach the President, the House conducts a trial to determine whether to convict or acquit.

• True

• False