PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT : EXAM 1

Which of the good regimes in Aristotle’s regime chart is a mixture of two bad regimes?

Polity

Aristotle’s definition of democracy assumed citizens voted for their leaders?

False

Which president said this about the Declaration of Independence: “the task of statesman ship has always been”

Franklin D Roosevelt

identify which us president said the following : “Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others”

Thomas Jefferson

The American founders argued that natural rights…

are rationally discoverable from nature

The two primary purposes of government are to provide safety and promote…

Happiness

Political Right = Natural Right/Consent

True

Who of the following was not a co-author of The Federalist?

Thomas Jefferson

What pseudonym (and persona) did the authors of The Federalist use?

Publius

What is the end of government according to The Federalist?

Justice

“Politics” comes from the Greek word polis which means?

City

Identify the author of the following quote : “The obscurity is much oftener in the passions and prejudices of the reasoner than in the subject.”

Alexander Hamilton

Who is Hamilton quoting below?

“This is what is called the law of nature, which being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself…”

William Blackstone

Identify the author of the following quote :

“These matters, involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime…”

Planned Parenthood V. Casey

Identify the author of the following quote :

“Because we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions…”

John Adams

Identify the author of the following quote : 

“I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire…”

George Washington 

Identify the author of the following quote :

“Liberty, or freedom, signifieth (properly) the absence of opposition…”

Thomas Hobbes

In Federalist 10, Publius argues for an _______ to control the effects of faction.

Extended Republic

According to Federalist 39, the Presidency is…

both national and federal

Publius thinks we can always have enlightened statesmen 

False

Publius and those in favor of the Constitution argued the system of government would be…

Federal

The essential principle of republican government, according to Publius, is that…

the government derives its powers from the great body

Publius thinks that the American people will have to cede some of their natural rights to form a government

True

The Constitution is for particular people 

Ture

Woodrow Wilson supported Checks and Balances

False

In Virginia, which branch of government had become despotic prior to the Constitutional Convention, according to Thomas Jefferson?

Legislative

Identify the author of this quote
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.”

Publius

Which political philosopher did the Founding Fathers (including the anti-Federalist) look to on separation of powers?

Montesquieu

Identify the author of the following quote:
“In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed.”

Brutus

Identify the author of the following quote:

“Many other considerations might here be adduced to prove, that, without an entire conformity to the spirit of the Union we cannot exist — as an independent power.”

George Washington

The object of the tyrant is to

all other answers

You cede some of your natural rights when you form a government

True

Which one of the following does the Federalist argue against with respect to the executive?

plural executive

The key role of the legislature is to ________

deliberate

Publius argues we must strictly limit the Federal government’s ability to provide for the common defense.

False

According to Publius, to give the Federal government the necessary energy to govern the Constitution extends the laws to the individual citizens rather than the states.

True

Under the Constitution, States and localities are permitted to disregard laws they consider unjust until they approved by the courts.

False

The powers of the President are defined in Article ___ of the Constitution

II

Which of the following is not one of the enumerated powers of Congress?

The ability to pass ex post facto laws

Which of the following attributes would the Founders say leads to poor law?

Vagueness