Exam 2: The Constitution

A) The popular vote of the people
B) A two-thirds vote in favor of it by both houses of Congress
C) State legislatures or conventions in three-quarters of the states
D) A national convention
E) A proposal by the president

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A) Marbury v. Madison
B) McCullough v. Maryland
C) Gideon v. Wainwright
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
E) Hamilton v. Burr

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A) State legislatures
B) The Senate
C) Popular will
D) The president
E) Larger states

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A) John Locke
B) James Madison
C) John Hancock
D) Joseph Ellis
E) John Adams

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A) A popular vote of the people
B) The U.S. Senate
C) The House and Senate combined
D) The Electoral College
E) The governors of the states

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D

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A) Disputes between the federal and state governments
B) The imposition of export taxes
C) A major dispute over power between the House and the Senate
D) Disputes over power between Congress and the president
E) Tyranny by either the majority or the minority

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E

A) The Constitution of the United States of America
B) The Declaration of Independence
C) The Magna Carta
D) The United Nations Charter
E) The Bill of Rights

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A) The people propose new amendments and Congress ratifies them
B) A national convention proposes new amendments, and state legislatures ratify them.
C) Congress proposes new amendments, and state legislatures ratify them.
D) A national convention proposes new amendments, and special state conventions ratify them.
E) Congress proposes them, and special state conventions ratify them.

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A) The protection of individual liberties from state governments
B) The protection of individual liberties from the national government
C) Equal protection under the law
D) Protection against state infringements on the freedoms of conscience, the press, and jury trial
E) The protection of individual liberties from the national government, and protection against state infringements on the freedoms of conscience, the press, and jury trial

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A) It was produced by wealthy property owners in order to protect their property.
B) It was produced by abolitionists in order to abolish slavery.
C) It was produced by the poor in order to build economic resilience.
D) It was produced by the politically elite in order to control the bulk of the government's power.
E) It was produced by the poor in order to push toward class-based revolution.

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A) It called for a bicameral legislature.
B) It worked to the advantage of the small states.
C) It provided for the direct election of the president by the people.
D) It settled all of the controversies.
E) It called for Supreme Court justices to select the president.

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A) It declared independence from Great Britain.
B) It encouraged the colonists to petition King George III to express their grievances.
C) It was held in Boston, Massachusetts.
D) It urged colonists to purchase British goods to win favor with the king.
E) It produced a document that the colonists found to be coercive.

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A) Seven
B) Nine
C) Ten
D) Eleven
E) Thirteen

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A) Benjamin Franklin
B) John Locke
C) John Adams
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) George Washington

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A) The slavery population clause
B) The equal population clause
C) The three-fifths compromise
D) The five-eighths compromise
E) The census clause

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A) It represents the first major battle to occur in the southern colonies during the American Revolution.
B) It anticipated the states' rights battle.
C) It was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
D) It made obvious the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation.
E) It enabled the colonists to reorganize and gain the upper hand against the British in the Revolutionary War.

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D