Unit I Practice Exam

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Questions 1-3 refer to the excerpt below

“By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects. There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests. It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy, that it was worse than the disease. The second expedient is as impracticable as the first would be unwise.
Federalist No. 10, James Madison

1.Which of the following best illustrates an action a faction has taken that resulted in damaging the rights of other citizens *

a. The Democratic minority in the Senate blocking legislation using a filibuster

b. The National Rifle Association asking its members to lobby Congress to oppose gun control legislation

c. White supremacists marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the removal of Confederate statues that results in the death of a proponent of the removal

d. Tea Party members recruiting a candidate to oppose an incumbent in Congress

2. Which of the following statements would Madison agree with *

a. Factions can be dealt with by giving in to their demands

b. The methods and means of eliminating factions are impractical

c. Factions are formed to protect liberty

d. Factions can be controlled by controlling its causes and removing its effects

3. Which of the following groups best represents a contemporary faction? *

a. The chair of the Democratic Party

b. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee

c. Congressional Black Caucus

d. National Organization for Women

Questions 4-7 refer to the excerpt below

It is equally evident that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others for the emoluments annexed to 15 their offices. Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal. But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each 20 department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature 25 that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
James Madison, Federalist No. 51

4. Which of the following best represents the point of view in Federalist No. 51? *

a. Each branch of government should be dependent on each other

b. Those in power get the right to govern from a higher authority

c. The best security against the concentration of power would be a Bill of Rights

d. Dividing power helps check the power of government

5. Which of the following constitutional provisions is reflected in Federalist No. 51? *

a. Federalism

b. Separation of power

c. Supremacy Clause

d. The Senate Filibuster

6. Why did Madison claim that “if men were angels, no government would be necessary?” *

a. Madison believed the goodness of people would ensure that government would make good policies

b. Madison believed there was no need for elections

c. Madison believed religion would guide the wisdom of those who governed

d. Madison believed it was the nature of those who governed to need a check on their power

7. What could have happened if the ideas expressed in Federalist No 51 were ignored *

a. Majorities would not have threatened minorities

b. There would not have been three branches of government

c. The legislature, executive branch, and the judiciary would have been independent from each other

d. Minorities would have threatened the rights of the majority

Questions 8-9 refer to the cartoon below

Source: Pennsylvania Gazette (1754)

8. Which of the following represents the point of view of the cartoon *

a. Colonist should unite against British decisions to raise taxes

b. The colonists should join together to declare their independence from Great Britain

c. The colonies should ratify the United States Constitution

d. Just like a snake, the colonists should use venom against it enemies

9. Which of the following groups could adopt the message depicted in the cartoon *

a. Supporters of an immigrant travel ban

b. Tea Party activists who want to take the government back

c. Anti-abortion activists

d. Gun-control advocates

Questions 10-11 refer to the chart below

10. Which of the following trends is illustrated in the graph *

a. Sales and growth of marijuana have increased between 2012 and 2016

b. Growth of marijuana has decreased between 2014 and 2016, whiles sales have increased

c. Sales of marijuana decreased in the years that growth decreased

d. Sales of marijuana increased at the same rate of growth between 2012 and 2016

11. Which of the following statements reflects the trend of sales of marijuana *

a. There was an increase in illegal use of marijuana in the United States

b. Medical use of marijuana was made illegal by the federal government

c. States did not tax the use of marijuana

d. As more states legalized recreational marijuana, sales increased

Questions 12 refers to the graph below

12. Which of the following accurately describes the information in the pie chart ? *

a. The educated elite represented the largest percentage of the framers.

b. Merchants represented a very small percentage of the framers

c. Politicians represented the second largest percentage of the framers.

d. Teachers represented the second largest percentage of the framers.

13. Which is an accurate similarity of a power reserved to the states and power given to the federal government

14. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan

15. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

16. Which of the following statements best characterizes cooperative federalism *

a. The executive and legislative branches working on legislation together

b. The federal government granting power over a policy area to the states

c. Governments working with businesses to address an issue

d. State and federal governments working on the same issue

17. The Constitution, as originally ratified, addressed which of the following weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation *

a. Inclusion of a chief executive office

b. National government’s inability to levy taxes effectively

c. Imposition of a central authority to regulate interstate commerce

d. Omission of a universal suffrage clause

18. In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton encouraged a transfer of power over welfare implementation from the federal government to individual states. This is an example of *

a. Devolution

b. Checks and Balances

c. Political Socialization

d. Libertarianism

19. Which of the following statements is most accurate about the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce *

a. It decreased with the ruling in Gibbons v Ogden (1824)

b. It does not include the power to regulate interstate navigation

c. It includes the power to regulate non-commercial transactions

d. It is a power that is often challenged in federal courts

20. Which of the following groups believe bargaining and compromise are essential to a democracy *

a. Elitist

b. Pluralists

c. Liberals

d. Conservatives

21. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention carefully drafted a document that would create *

a. Strong states and a weak central government

b. The ability to adapt to changing times

c. A dominant national government with little active participation from the states

d. An equal distribution of power between the states and national government

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