QUIZ #21 – Constitution; “Address of the Pennsylvania Minority”

Choose the best answer. According to the Constitution of 1787, the three branches of government, outlined in the first three articles of the Constitution, are

• king, lords, and commons

• legislative, executive, and judicial

• monarchy, aristocracy, democracy

• the federal government, the states, and local government

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the best answer. The Pennsylvania Anti-Federalists object to the process of ratifying the Constitution because

• the dissenters at the convention were not allowed to enter on the record their reasons for objecting to the Constitution

• members of the Pennsylvania legislature were forced to attend the session that would call a ratifying convention

• only ten days were allowed between the call for a convention and election of its members, so there was no time to learn about the proposed Constitution

• ALL of the above

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Choose the best answer. The Pennsylvania Anti-Federalists object to the proposed Constitution because

• it contains no bill of rights

• representation is not sufficiently numerous

• it will form a consolidated government, not a confederation of states

• ALL of the above

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Indicate the best answer: In Federalist #10, Publius (Madison) writes that the best solution to the problem of faction is

• less freedom.

• educating people to hold the same opinions and beliefs.

• ensuring that the republic is small and thus virtuous and free.

• extending the sphere of territory governed, to ensure more factions.

Indicate the best answer: According to Publius (Hamilton), the radical vice of the Articles of Confederation is

• the failure to include a bill of rights.

• the limited extent of the powers of Congress.

• legislation for the states in their corporate capacities.

• inadequate education of the people, on which republican liberty depends.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Indicate the best answer: In Federalist #39 we are told that the government established by the Constitution is

• partly national, partly federal.

• a true federation rather than a confederation.

• a consolidation of the states, which serve no important purpose.

• a true democracy, in which the will of the people always prevails.

Indicate the best answer on Moodle. In Federalist #47, we are told that the state governments

• have offered to serve as a constitutional council-in-judgment to legally settle any separation of powers disputes for the proposed new federal government.

• have offered to send experts to the proposed new federal government to advise it in how to maintain the separation of powers.

• have practiced the separation of powers completely and nearly perfectly.

• have often violated the separation of powers.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Indicate the best answer on Moodle. In Federalist #49, Publius objects to Jefferson's proposal for recourse to the people in convention as a means of repairing violations of the separation of powers because

• the same representatives who violate the constitution could well be elected to repair violations.

• it would deprive the constitution of the veneration good government needs.

• it won't help if two branches conspire to violate the third.

• ALL of the above

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Indicate the best answer on Moodle. In Federalist #51, Publius writes that to maintain the separation of powers,

• by mixing the powers a little, political ambition can be made to counteract ambition.

• the people must be called in to settle all constitutional disputes.

• we must rely on enlightened statesmen.

• we must rely on parchment barriers

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Indicate the best answer on Moodle. Finish this sentence from the Federalist: "Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, the Athenian assembly…"

• would have resigned its power to one of their number as philosopher-king

• would have achieved nothing, being always lost in reflection

• would have proven the greatness of democracy

• would still have been a mob

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3