A.   The executive branch has more power.

B.   The judicial branch has more power.

C.   The legislative branch has more power.

D.   The branches are separate but equal.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   equal representation in the Senate

B.   3/5 of the slaves counted toward the state populations

C.   representation in the House of Representatives was based on the population of the state

D.   a Congress made up of 2 houses

A.   It could not conduct foreign affairs.

B.   It could not impose taxes.

C.   It could not declare war.

D.   It could not coin money.

A.   legislative branch

B.   judicial branch

C.   electoral college

D.   executive branch

A.   totalitarian

B.   direct democracy

C.   oligarchy

D.   monarchy

A.   To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution

B.   To encourage states to oppose the Constitution

C.   To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nations first president

D.   To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union

A.   two-thirds

B.   three-fourths

C.   all

D.   The approval of the President and the Supreme Court

A.   commerce clause and supremacy clause

B.   Tenth Amendment and spending clause

C.   necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

D.   taxing power and necessary and proper clause

A.   Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.

B.   Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

C.   Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.

D.   Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.

A.   politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters

B.   poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote

C.   wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people

D.   special interest groups make government policy

A.   James Madison

B.   John Locke

C.   King James II

D.   Thomas Jefferson

A.   It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.

B.   It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.

C.   It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

D.   It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

A.   all

B.   two-thirds

C.   one-half

D.   three-fourths

A.   twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years

B.   document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of the citizens

C.   powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution

D.   first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

A.   Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

B.   Federalism promotes political participation.

C.   Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

D.   Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.