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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Constitutionalism means that:   those who exercise governmental power are not restricted in their use of it by any higher law. elected officials are not allowed to exercise power. those who exercise governmental power are above the law. those who exercise governmental power are restricted in their use of it by a higher law.

	Although the confederation was originally proposed to the Continental Congress on July 6, 1776, the Articles of Confederation were approved by the Continental Congress in:   1777. 1781. 1787. 1785.

	Under the Articles of Confederation, banks and creditors were threatened by unstable finances and cheap paper money primarily because:   the national government did not have the power to regulate interstate commerce. Congress had no power to tax people directly. each state had the power to issue their own currency. debtors openly revolted against tax collectors.

	The New Jersey Plan called for a:   two-house national legislature based upon population. one-house national legislature based upon equal representation. two-house national legislature based upon equal representation. one-house national legislature based upon population.

	The Virginia Plan called for a:   two-house national legislature based upon equal representation. one-house national legislature based upon equal representation. one-house national legislature based upon population. two-house national legislature with the lower house elected based on state population and the upper house elected by the lower.

	Which of the following judicial decisions established the power of the federal courts to review the laws of the Congress for their constitutionality?   Baker v. Carr Marbury v. Madison Roe v. Wade Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

	How many states needed to approve the Constitution for it to be ratified?   10 13 9 None of the above.

	The antecedents of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 include all of the following EXCEPT:   The Mayflower Compact. The Magna Carta. The British Constitution. The Colonial Charters.

	Which of the following is true concerning the Founders?   The delegates were cosmopolitan and nationalist in their outlook. Thomas Jefferson was chosen as the president of the Convention. There were 45 present at the Constitutional Convention. The delegates were mostly from rural areas and were driven by state needs.

	Which of the following was NOT a complaint of the Anti-Federalists about the Constitution?   They felt the president would be a ruling monarch. They complained that the Senate was not directly elected. They believed it created an "aristocratic tyranny." They believed it would unfairly strengthen state governments.

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