AP Gov. Semester 1 Exam Assessment Questions And Answers Verified Solutions.
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Articles of Confederation - correct answer A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. Went into effect in 1781, created a "league of friendship" that couldn't levy taxes or regulate commerce. Gave each state one vote in Congress. It could coin money and run the pos...
Articles of Confederation - correct answer A weak constitution that governed America during the
Revolutionary War. Went into effect in 1781, created a "league of friendship" that couldn't levy taxes or
regulate commerce. Gave each state one vote in Congress. It could coin money and run the post office.
Charles A. Beard - correct answer Published, "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution." He
said that better-off urban and commercial classes favored the new Constitution because they stood to
benefit from it.
Constitution. - correct answer A document which spells out the principles by which a government
runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society; written by the Framers, meant to replace the
Articles of Confederation
Federalism - correct answer Government authority shared by national and local governments.
Framer - correct answer 55 men who attended the Constitutional Convention and wrote the
Constitution.
Great Compromise - correct answer Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population
and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state. It reconciled the interests of small and
large states by allowing the former to predominate in the Senate and the latter in the House.
John Locke - correct answer Philosopher who said to protect life, liberty and property. He said in a
state of nature, all men seek to protect these things. But in a state of nature, the strong can use their
liberty to deprive the weak of theirs. The instinct of self-preservation leads people to want gov. The gov.
should be created by the consent of the governed.
James Madison - correct answer Known as the Father of our Constitution, he wrote some of the
Federalist Papers. He presented the VA Plan.
,Massachusetts Constitution - correct answer There was a clear separation of powers among the
branches of government, there was a directly elected governor who could veto acts of legislature, and
judges served for life. Voters and elected officials had to be property owners. This government seemed
too weak.
Pennsylvania Constitution - correct answer Most radically democratic constitution of the new states.
All power was given to a one-house legislature, the members of which were elected for one-year terms.
No legislator could serve more than four years. There was an executive council that had few powers. But
they disfranchised the Quakers, persecuted conscientious objectors to the war, ignored the requirement
of trial by juries, and manipulated the judiciary. This demonstrated how even a democratic government
could be tyrannical by concentrating all powers into one set of hands.
New Jersey Plan - correct answer Proposed by William Paterson that would amend, not replace the
Articles of Confederation. Said each state would still have one vote, plan to create weak national
government.
Separation of Powers - correct answer Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches
of government.
Shays's Rebellion - correct answer A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted
to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes by forcibly preventing the
courts in Western MA from sitting.
Virginia Plan. - correct answer Created mainly by James Madison, it called for a strong national union
organized into three governmental branches. The legislature would be bicameral, the first elected by the
people, the second chosen by the first house. The executive and judiciary would be chosen by the
legislature. There would be a council of revision that could veto acts of legislature. It created a strong
national government.
Amendment (Constitutional) - correct answer A new provision in the Constitution that has been
ratified by the states.
Anti-Federalist - correct answer Those who opposed the Constitution, favored a weaker national
government.
, Federalist - correct answer Those who supported the Constitution, favored a stronger national
government.
Bill of Attainder - correct answer A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime.
Bill of Rights - correct answer First ten amendments to the Constitution.
Checks and Balances - correct answer Authority shared by three branches of government.
Coalition - correct answer An alliance of factions.
Ex Post Facto Law - correct answer A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when
it was committed.
Faction - correct answer A group with a distinct political interest.
Line-item Veto - correct answer An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by
the legislature.
Judicial Review - correct answer The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
Human Nature - correct answer Locke said that in a state of nature, all men seek to protect these
things. But in a state of nature, the strong can use their liberty to deprive the weak of theirs. The instinct
of self-preservation leads people to want gov.
Republic - correct answer A government in which elected representatives make the decisions.
Unalienable Rights - correct answer Human rights based on nature or God.
Writ of Habeas Corpus. - correct answer An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.
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