<p>So, lets start a thread devoted to AMSCO, since so many people recommend it and a lot of people are questioning whether it can truly be used for a 5.</p>
<p>I also have a couple questions from the book, pgs. 114 & 115</p>
<p>(3) "The U.S. Constitution is a bundle of compromises." Which of the following provisions of the Constitution does NOT reflect support for this statement?
(A) representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
(B) representation in the U.S. Senate
(C) counting a slave as three-fifths of a person
(D) Congress' power to tax imports but not exports
(E) a national court system separate from the legislature</p>
<p>I chose C but apparently the answer is E. Anyone care to elaborate?</p>
<p>Also,</p>
<p>(10) Which of the following was NOT a significant consequence of the election of 1800?
(A) Thomas Jefferson became president
(B) The Democratic-Republicans took control of Congress
(C) The Twelfth Amendment was added to the Constitution
(D) The U.S. government gave less attention to foreign affairs
(E) The party in power left office peacefully</p>
<p>I choice C, the answer was D.</p>
<p>I'm getting on average 7/10 on the multiple choice for the end of the chapters in AMSCO, am i on a good track for a 5 on the AP Exam?</p>
<p>First question: 3/5 Compromise. Look it up.</p>
<p>Second: pretty straightforward. Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans come into office, Revolution of 1800, etc.</p>
<p>7/10 is on track for at least a 4, probably 5.</p>
<p>(3) The Three-Fifths Compromise did count a slave as three-fifths of a person. But there was no compromise needed to separate the national court from the legislature - it was just accepted as fair separation of powers. So (C) is correct.</p>
<p>(10) Answer (D) is correct here. The 12th Amendment, which changed how the President and Vice-President were elected, was ratified in 1804 and required that two separate votes were cast by electors, one for the President and one for the Vice-President, instead of both votes going to the President. It helped to prevent the first runner-up from becoming Vice-President, regardless of party, as was the case for Washington/Adams and Adams/Jefferson. Answer choices (A), (B), and (E) are all about the Revolution of 1800. However, there was nothing from the election that caused the US to ignore foreign affairs or pay less attention to them.</p>
<p>Woah there, zaboda is right in that the answer to (3) is E, the national court system separate from the legislature, not C (the three fifth compromise). Check the official answer key if you don’t think so.</p>
<p>As for why, there was no dispute or a compromise needed for the separation of powers; the congress in Philadelphia decided without the need of a compromise that Montesquieu’s ideas of separation of powers would be used to create checks and balances in the branches of government, so tyranny could be avoided, and no one branch gets all the power. However, the three fifths compromise had compromise involved…there was a disagreement between Northern and Southern states regarding the representation of slaves, and I think there’s a valid reason why it’s called the three fifths COMPROMISE. Just sayin’.</p>
<p>And as for question 10, I have to agree that this is a weird question; it asks which is not a consequence of the election of 1800, but the 12th amendment was ratified in 1804, which I think would make it a plausible answer? Though if this was on a real test, and I looked at choices C and D, I would choose D, because there is no diminished attention to foreign affairs because of the election.</p>