AP USG&P Unit 1: AMSCO Homework: Founding Principles

AMSCO p. 23, question 1: Which is the most democratic institution of government that represents the framers' commitment to a limited republic?

• US Senate

• Supreme Court

• US House of Representatives

• Electoral College

AMSCO p. 23, question 2: Which of the following is an accurate comparison of political philosophies on John Locke and Thomas Hobbes?

• LOCKE: Was instrumental in drafting the Articles of Confederation / HOBBES: Wrote Second Treatise of Civil Government

• LOCKE: Claimed citizens should not be subject to another's political power without their consent / HOBBES: Argued that in a state of nature, the result is anarchy and war

• LOCKE: Wrote Leviathan / HOBBES: Believed in a the social contract theory

• LOCKE: Was a French philosopher / HOBBES: Argued for separation of powers in government

AMSCO p. 23, question 3: Which of the following is a chief argument in James Madison's Federalist No. 10?

• A bill of rights is necessary to secure liberty.

• Free speech should be added to the Constitution.

• Judicial review will prevent harsh laws against the citizenry.

• A large, diverse republic will tame the mischiefs of factions.

AMSCO p. 24, question 4: Which of the following statements best reflects the author's perspective?

• The authors believed faith is the strongest guiding principle to maintain social order.

• The authors recognized their right to collective self-rule even as British subjects.

• The authors created their pact in order to break away from British religious persecution.

• The authors believed that everyone in the colony should share the same religion.

AMSCO p. 24, question 5: Which of the Enlightenment philosophies is most consistent with the ideas in the passage?

• Hobbes's state of nature

• Locke's consent of the governed

• Rousseau's refusal to accept a social contract

• Montesquieu's belief in limited government

AMSCO p. 24, question 6: Which of the following was the basis of one Anti-Federalist concern about the proposed form of government?

• Dissatisfaction with power the states had in Articles of Confederation

• Fear that large states would have more power than the federal government

• Suspicion of the "necessary and proper" clause and federal power

• Doubts about the need for the separation of powers