WOLL HW CHECK
QUESTIONS ON LOCKE, ROCHE, BEARD, FEDERALIST #47, #48, & #51 -
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1. One of
Locke's fundamental principles is:
a) a major
goal of government is the pursuit of happiness.
b)
governments are established to serve the elite.
c) all
persons should be treated equally by government.
d) once
established, governments cannot be dissolved.
2. In the
state of nature described by John Locke:
a) all
persons are in a state of war with each other.
b) life is
nasty, brutish, and short.
c) liberty
is denied to all but the strongest.
d) all
persons possess liberty.
3. The
execution of the law of nature is, in the state of nature:
a) in the
hands of the executive.
b) in the
hands of the legislature.
c) in the
hands of the judiciary.
d) in every
person's hands.
4. Persons
enter into political society and government because:
a) they seek
a higher authority to protect their rights against invasion by others.
b) the
pursuit of happiness can only be guaranteed by government.
c) they seek
equality with each other.
d) the
common defense requires a strong government.
5. According
to John Locke, a primary end of government is:
a) the
preservation of equality among all citizens.
b) to
guarantee all citizens happiness.
c) economic
prosperity.
d) the
protection of private property.
6. Private
property is, according to Locke, inadequately protected in a state of nature
because:
a) the law
of nature is not plain and intelligible to all rational persons.
b) persons
do not agree that the protection of private property is a fundamental right.
c) persons
in a state of nature are constantly at war with each other.
d) the state
of nature lacks an impartial judge and an executive capable of upholding
judicial decisions protecting property rights.
7. In a
state of nature a person:
a) has no
power.
b) exerts
whatever powers are necessary to preserve himself, and to punish crimes
committed against natural law.
c) is in a
state of war.
d) has no
respect for property rights.
8. According
to Locke, the supreme power of the Commonwealth is:
a) the
executive.
b) the
judiciary.
c) the
bureaucracy.
d) the
legislature.
9. Locke
argues that government can only be dissolved when:
a) it fails
to protect the Commonwealth against foreign attacks.
b) laws are
enacted that fail to protect private property.
c) the
judiciary assumes legislative authority.
d)
government acts without the consent of the people.
10. In John Locke's
model of government, the power that each individual gives to society when he or
she enters into it:
a) can never
revert to the individuals again.
b) cannot
revert to the individuals as long as the society lasts.
c) reverts
to individuals only with the consent of the government.
d) can be
reclaimed by individuals only if the government fails to protect private
property.
11. John P.
Roche describes the Founding Fathers as:
a) an
economic elite.
b)
philosopher kings who followed abstract principles of political theory.
c) practical
politicians striving to accommodate state and national interests.
d) believers
in an aristocracy of talent.
12.
According to John P. Roche, the delegations to the Constitutional Convention
were dominated by:
a)
nationalists.
b)
proponents of states' rights.
c)
Jeffersonian republicans.
d)
conservatives.
13. Roche
argues that the Virginia Plan:
a)
capitulated to state interests.
b) provided
for an essentially unitary form of government.
c) embodied
the "Madisonian model."
d) would
have allowed the large states to dominate the national government.
14. Roche
concludes that federalism:
a)
represented a victory for states' rights.
b) reflected
a necessary compromise to gain state support for a national government.
c) originally
incorporated the doctrine of state nullification of national laws.
d) gave the
states more power than the national government.
15. The
thesis of Charles A. Beard is that the framers of the Constitution:
a)
represented the propertied classes.
b) were a
highly talented and elite group.
c) opposed
majority rule.
d) all of
the above
16. Beard
states that the revolutionists and radicals:
a) were well
represented at the Constitutional Convention.
b) owned no
property.
c) were not
men of large property interests or practical business experience.
d) were
skeptical of equality and democracy.
17. Beard
concludes that under the state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation:
a) property
interests were well protected.
b) every
powerful economic class in the nation suffered losses.
c) a strong
national government was unnecessary.
d) majority
rule was restricted.
18. Beard
sees the separation of powers in the Constitution primarily as a device:
a) to curb
popular majorities and thereby protect property interests.
b) to make
government more democratic by forcing compromise among the three branches.
c) to
increase the power of the president.
d) to
establish conservative domination of Congress.
19. A
central premise of James Madison in numbers 47, 48, and 51 of The Federalist
is that:
a) weak
government is the best government.
b) the
combination of legislative, executive, and judicial power is the very
definition of tyranny.
c) men are
not angels and therefore those who exercise political power must be limited.
d) b and c
20.
According to Madison, the branch of government to be most feared because of its
inherent power is:
a) the
executive.
b) the
judiciary.
c) the
legislature.
d) the bureaucracy.
21.
a) each
branch of government is kept entirely separate from coordinate branches.
b) the
powers of the three branches of the government overlap.
c) a strong
presidency exists.
d) an alert
citizenry checks government.
SHORT ANSWER ESSAY – WRITE OUT YOUR ANSWER IN
THE SPACE BELOW EACH QUESTION.
1. According to Locke, why do people leave the state of nature and join a political society by establishing a government?
2. What does Roche feel was the role of political theory at the Constitutional Convention?
3. Aside from describing the delegates as representatives of the propertied classes desiring to protect their interests, what other evidence does Beard present to support his thesis that the principal purpose of the Constitution was to protect most forms of private property (slaves and livestock were excluded from the property to be protected, which mostly included public securities)?
4. How did