Ch. 2 Quiz 2305

The idea that government should be restricted in its lawful uses of power and hence in its ability to deprive people of their liberty is expressed by the term

• Federalism

• Self-government

• Judicial review

• Limited government

Early Americans' preference for limited government was strengthened by

• their exposure to life under the British Parliament and some of the "rights of Englishmen."

• Lockean philosophy.

• Britain's treatment of the colonies after the French and Indian War.

• taxation without representation.

• All these answers are correct.

Shays' Rebellion:

• was a successful revolt

• convinced many political leaders that the national government was too powerful.

• convinced many political leaders that the national government was too weak.

• reinforced public support for the Articles of Confederation.

According to John Locke, inalienable rights in a social contract

• belong to the government only.

• belong to individuals but can be denied by government.

• belong to individuals and cannot be denied by government.

• are no longer as important to the individual as in a state of nature.

Under the Virginia Plan

• Option 1

  the new Constitution would be only marginally stronger than the Articles of Confederation.

• slaves would count as four-fifths of a person when apportioning legislative representatives.

• large states would have more representatives in both chambers of Congress.

• Congress could not regulate either interstate trade or international trade.

Under the New Jersey Plan, each state would have________ vote(s) in Congress.

• one

• two

• three

• four

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a response to

• conflict over the institution of slavery.

• the concerns of small states.

• the Electoral College

• apportionment in the U.S. Senate.

The principle of checks and balances is based on the notion that

• leaders are the trustees of the people.

• a weak government is always preferable to a strong government.

• all legislative and executive action should be controlled through judicial power.

• power must be used to offset power.

Where is the Bill of Rights found in the Constitution?

• Article I, Section 8

• Article II

• The first ten amendments

• Article III