US Government - Unit 1 Test Review #2

Which Founding Father and prominent American legal scholar signed the Declaration of Independence and proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Mason

• Gouverneur Morris

• James Wilson

In his service at the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton argued that the Founders should establish a government characterized by —

• a powerful aristocracy

• a growing merchant class

• a strong central authority

• a loose confederation of states

Which Founding Father demanded the U.S. Constitution describe the rights of states and individuals that the federal government should protect?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Roger Sherman

• James Wilson

Opponents of the New Jersey Plan argued that the plan favored —

• slaveholding states

• less populous states

• a split bicameral legislature

• a strong central government

What resolution came about in response to the debate over legislative representation?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Article of Confederation

The compromise that created popular representation in the House of Representatives created a debate about—

• voting rights for women

• counting enslaved people

• protection of individual rights

• citizenship for American Indians

Jefferson’s most notable contribution to the US government was likely —

• purchasing the Louisiana Territory

• writing the Declaration of Independence

• establishment of the U.S. Military Academy

• signing the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

In what way did policies of Andrew Jackson change the make up of the executive branch?

• He established new executive departments.

• He created the two-party system of government.

• He signed legislation giving women the right to vote.

• He centralized executive power with a spoils system.

Which political leader’s election to a fourth term brought about concerns that his election threatened the system of checks and balances?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others . . . Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal. —James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788

Which democratic principle of the U.S. Constitution is Madison describing?

• Republicanism

• Popular sovereignty

• Checks and balances

• Separation of powers