AP Gov Chapter 1 and 2 Test

Under the political system established in 1781, the national government...

could not reach a quorum of nine states on a regular basis

The 1786 rebellion in which farmers marched to prevent foreclosure on their farms was called...

Shay's Rebellion

The Virginia Plan called for a national system with...

a strong central government and a bicameral legislature

This plan advocated the strengthening of the Articles of Confederation and the Convention

The New Jersey Plan

The most serious disagreement between large and small states at theConvention was the issue of

representation in Congress

Originally the Constitution placed the selection of senators

directly with state legislators

The responsibility of investigating & charging a president with high crimes & misdemeanors

belongs to the House of Representatives

The structure that gives the three branches some control of each other is called

checks and balances

System of government in which power is divided between the state and national governments

federalism

The principles of separation of powers and checks and balances originated with

Montesquieu

The legislative branch is established in

Article I

Federal judges are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate for a term of

life

This person presides over impeachment trial proceedings

The Chief Justice of the United States

Another name for the elastic clause is

the necessary and proper clause

National supremacy is discussed in

Article VI

The amendment process for the Constitution is set out in Article V and sets up a(n)

two stage process of proposal and ratification

Those who favored strong states, a weak national government, and opposed ratification, were....

Anti-federalists

This event caused a breakdown in the fragile agreement between the Crown and the colonies.

The French and Indian War

Federalist #10 argues for...

a large republic

Which organization functioned as a powerful molder of public opinion against the British

Committees of Correspondence

The greatest weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that...

Congress had no specific power to tax

When James Madison stated "ambition must be made to counteract ambition", he was describing:

separation of powers and checks and balances

James Madison in Federalist #51 argues in favor of...

separation of powers and, federalism and checks and balances

Article III of the U.S. Constitution addresses...

the judicial branch

Which of the following exemplifies the Anti-Federalists' views?

A strong central government could strip away state powers

The Electoral College system created by the Framers was designed to give...

the states a key role in choosing the president

Doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of nature.

natural law

According to John Locke, one of the main responsibilities of government is to

protect private property

A social contract theory of government was proposed by

Locke and Hobbes

Hobbes argued that the only protection for the rights of the weak in a polity was a(n)/the

single ruler

Indirect democracy is based on

representation

The idea that governments draw legitimacy and power from the governed is often referred to as

popular consent

The coherent set of values people hold about the purpose and scope of government

political ideology

Enlightenment thinkers argued that

God did not grant kings sole authority to govern

Which of the following is a function of government laid out in the Preamble to the Constitution

to provide for the common defense

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security is an example government's attempt to

insure domestic tranquility

According to social contract theory,

government gains authority from the consent of the governed

The term republic is sometimes used interchangeably with which of the following terms?

representative democracy

Popular sovereignty is the belief that

authority in society ultimately rests with the people

One who favors governmental regulation of the economy to protect the environment is most likely

to be liberal

Which ideology promotes the idea of a limited role of government in personal & economic affairs

libertarian

Prior to Pilgrims settling in the New World, the most common reason for settling here was

commerce

Which is not a function of American government listed in the Preamble

promote equality (functions of American Government actaully listed in the Preamble - establish justice, provide for the common defense, and secure the blessing of liberty)

Which of the following is NOT considered a function of political ideologies?

Partisanship (Functions of political ideologies are Evaluation, Orientation, and Explanation)

According to John Locke, one of the main responsibilities of government is to

protect private property

In a direct democracy,

all members of the polity meet to discuss and make policy

American political culture includes all the following EXCEPT:

income equality (American political culture includes: personal liberty, majority rule with minority rights, and civil society)

Which of the following is a key function of an ideology?

to help citizens make political decisions

Those who favor local and state government action over federal are considered to be

conservative

In Leviathan, Hobbes argues that the solution to society becoming "nasty, brutish and short" is

a monarchy

Rule by a few for its own self interest is characterized as a(n)

oligarchy

Aristotle devised a way to classify governments according to

who ruled by and in whose interest

The Constitution helps to establish justice:

through the Bill of Rights

Which of the following issues would be of most concern to social conservatives

gay marriage

Those who are defenders of the status quo and prefer that change comes slowly are considered

to be conservative

Liberalism is a political ideology that

generally favors equality

Commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how government should operate defines

political culture

The study of who gets what, when and how, as it relates to public policy decisions is called

politics

The libertarian view is one of

anti-governmental interference