PSCI 2306 Chapter 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSCI 2306
Institution
PSCI 2306
PSCI 2306 Chapter 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Constitution is considered to be which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
first model of a federal constitutional government to date.
What was the colonist's primary complaint about the rule of the British Crown? - CORREC...
PSCI 2306 Chapter 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Constitution is considered to be which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
first model of a federal constitutional government to date.
What was the colonist's primary complaint about the rule of the British Crown? - CORRECT
ANSWER- They were subject to heavy taxes from the British Crown.
Which of the following was a component of the Coercive Acts? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Requirements to quarter British soldiers.
Which event directly resulted from the Coercive Acts? - CORRECT ANSWER- The meeting
of the first Continental Congress.
Which section of the Declaration of Independence contains arguments on the right to
revolution? - CORRECT ANSWER- The second section, based on Lockean philosophy.
Who was given the primary responsibility for drafting the Declaration of Independence? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Thomas Jefferson
What were the main ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Individual liberties and the government's duty to protect them.
What did the Declaration of Independence actually do? - CORRECT ANSWER- It dissolved
colonial allegiance to Great Britain.
Which document served as the system of government for the colonies during the
Revolutionary War? - CORRECT ANSWER- Articles of Confederation.
The Articles of Confederation specified that the United States would be which form of
government? - CORRECT ANSWER- A republic.
, What concerned the founders in drafting the Articles of Confederation? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Mob rule.
Why didn't the Articles of Confederation establish an executive branch of government? -
CORRECT ANSWER- The colonists were afraid that a single executive would become
tyrannical.
Which of the following was a component of the Articles of Confederation? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Ratification of the Articles by unanimous consent of the states.
What led the Founders to realize that the Articles of Confederation needed to be
reconfigured? - CORRECT ANSWER- The vulnerability of the new nation due to the lack of
an executive.
As the Constitution was being drafted, who was MOST in support of equal representation in
the national legislature? - CORRECT ANSWER- Small states, such as Rhode Island.
Which plan presented at the constitutional convention called for the establishment of 3
branches of government? - CORRECT ANSWER- The Virginia Plan.
Which of the following plans for Republicans was incorporated into the Connecticut
Compromise? - CORRECT ANSWER- Each state would be proportionally represented in
one house of a bicameral legislature.
Debates at the Constitutional Convention surrounding the executive branch included which of
the following? - CORRECT ANSWER- How to elect the executive.
Which of the following was established by the constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER- A
bicameral legislature.
The Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation in which of the following ways?
- CORRECT ANSWER- The Constitution gave Congress the power to establish a national
court system.
Why was the support of New York and Virginia considered important? - CORRECT
ANSWER- New York and Virginia were two of the most populous states.
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