AP US GOV Chapter 1/2 Review

What was the main point of disagreement between supporters of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?

• whether or not they should keep the Articles of Confederation
• how the States should be represented in Congress
• whether or not there should be an executive branch
• how they would present the completed Constitution to the States

Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress's lack of power to tax
• Congress's lack of power to regulate trade
• an inability to make the States obey national laws
• a central government that was too powerful

What is a bicameral legislature?

• a legislature with one house
• a legislature with two houses
• a legislature that is run by the Crown
• a legislature that is appointed by the governor

Which of the following is NOT one of the major compromises made during the Constitutional Convention?

• the Connecticut Compromise
• the Three-Fifths Compromise
• the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
• the Bundle Compromise

The one element of government that Madison's plan placed within direct control of the voters was the

• Senate
• presidency
• Congress. 
•  House of Representatives

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was

• Jefferson
• Franklin
• Madison
• Washington

 Lockean thought and the Declaration of Independence are similar in that both

• support the concept of natural rights and the idea that government be built on the consent of the governed.
• were developed in the late 1700s. 
• recognize the right of the people to determine their own form of government, short of resorting to revolution
• seek common ideals in government through the establishment of a constitutional monarchy

John Locke believed in each of the following EXCEPT

• limited government

• consent of the governed

• natural rights

• divine right of kings

Madison believed that a major source of political conflict was the....

• government's attempt to preserve private property.

• absence of majority rule.

• unequal distribution of property.

• religious differences in society.

Under the Articles of Confederation, most power rested with the 

• British Parliament
• the president
• Continental Congress
• state legislatures