PLS101

Daniel Shays was:

• A runaway slave

• One of the founding fathers who signed the constitution.

• A former army captain that led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government.

• A member of congress who helped create the first 10 amendments that appear in our constitution today.

During the Philadelphia Convention, the New Jersey Plan was supported by ________ states.

• Less Populous.

• Overpopulated.

• Slavery.

• Northern

How was political power in the Continental Congress divided under the Articles of Confederation?

• Southern states were given the 3/5ths clause.

• Southern states had more votes.

• Northern states had more votes.

• Each state had an equal vote.

Judicial review is the power of

• The courts to change the constitutional laws.

• The courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.

• The president having final say in new laws.

• The congress to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the government.

The most common method of passing an amendment to the Constitution is passage

• In both houses of Congress by a two-thirds vote, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the state supreme courts.

• In both houses of congress, followed by the president accepting the amendment.

• In both houses of Congress by a two-thirds vote, followed by a majority vote in three-fourths of the state legislature.

• In voting elections among the people in voting polls.

The power of judicial review was

• Asserted by the court in the case Plessy V. Ferguson.

• Asserted by the court in the case Marbury V. Madison.

• Asserted by the court in the case McCulloch V. Maryland.

• Asserted by the court in the case Dredd Scott V. Sanford.

There are ________ amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• 30

• 27

• 10

• 37

Under the Articles of Confederation the

• Continental Congress had no power to lay taxes.

• Continental Congress had no power to govern school districts.

• President had all the power and gave congress no saw in laws being passed.

• People had more power than the government.

In Federalist No. 10, James Madison argued that

• Government is most dangerous when a single faction is powerful enough to gain full political control.

• Interest groups are a big threat to the government and should be banned.

• Interest groups are less troublesome than political parties.

• Government it less dangerous when a single faction is powerful enough to gain full political control.

In order for the Constitution to go into effect, at least ________ states would need to ratify it.

• 9

• 13

• 4

• 7