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1. British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were greatly influenced by the political thought of
James Madison
King James II
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
2. Which of the following authors would be MOST likely to contend that the American political system is dominated by elites?
James Madison
C. Wright Mills
Michael Kammen
Robert Dahl
3. The agreement that citizens will consent to be governed so long as government protects their natural rights is called ______________.
the divine right of kings
the social contract
a bill of rights
due process
people's government
5. Daniel Shays, a former army captain, led a mob in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government in order to:
A. open up western territories for expansion
B. Prevent foreclosures on debt-ridden farm lands
C. release certain British loyalists from captivity as prisoners of war
D. receive full military pensions for service in the Revolutionary War
E. destroy excess supplies of wheat and corn, thereby increasing the market price for these commodities
6. A legislative assembly such as the Congress that is divided into two chambers (or houses) is best described as:
A. bipolar
B. dual-bodied
C. bipartisan
D. bicameral
E. bilateral
7. Which of the following factors was most likely at the source of any faction that arose,according to James Madison (Lanahan 10)?
gender differences
wealth and property differences
racial and ethnic differences
regional differences
cat people and dog people differences
8. What was it about the Stamp Act that helped bring the American colonies together?
a. The Stamp Act immediately preceded the signing of the Declaration of Independence, so it contributed directly to uniting the American colonists against the British during the Revolutionary War.
b. The Stamp Act, organized by the colonists themselves, was a way to raise revenue to fight the British in the Revolutionary War. Without the resources raised by The Stamp Act, George Washington would not have been able to win the war.
c. Such taxes on commerce alienated powerful interests, including well-off traders in the North and prosperous planters in the South, who complained that the tax was enacted in England without the colonists’ input, hence the slogan “No taxation without representation,” which expressed a dual concern with political ideals and material self-interest.
9. Delegates from all thirteen colonies attended the Annapolis Convention.
True
False
10. According to political scientist Richard Neustadt (described in Krutz), what is most significant about the separation of powers and checks and balances?
The House of Representatives can vote to impeach the president and the Senate tries the case, though the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the case
The president can veto a bill that passes in Congress
The Supreme Court gave itself the authority to rule on the constitutionality of laws
Congress can override the veto of the president with a 2/3rd vote in both the Senate and House of Representatives
11. Each branch shares powers and thus each branch will address the concerns of another to prevent its desired action from being blocked
Besides the United States under the Articles of Confederation, another example of a confederate system of government where the subunits of government retain sovereignty but create a higher level of government to serve specific purposes is:
A. the United States under the original Constitution of 1787
B. the United States today under the Constitution of 1787 as amended
C. the United Nations and its member states
D. the United Kingdom
12. Japan after the revision of its constitution in 1947
The Constitution makes no direct mention of judicial review.
True
False