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- 1. Multiple Choice
Stated that society was created by a social contract.
The Federalist Papers
Magna Carta
First Continental Congress
Leviathan
- 2. Multiple Choice
Established the authority of Parliament.
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Connecticut Compromise
The Federalist Papers
- 3. Multiple Choice
Imposed an embargo on Britain.
Limited government.
Representative government.
First Continental Congress.
Magna Carta.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Gave colonists experience with limited self-government.
Colonial charters and constitutions.
Connecticut Compromise.
Magna Carta.
Unicameral Legislature.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Concept that a government's power is not absolute.
Representative government
Unicameral legislature
Limited government
Colonial charters and constitutions
- 6. Multiple Choice
Writings that supported adoption of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Magna Carta
Leviathan
English Bill of Rights
- 7. Multiple Choice
Type of congress created by the Articles of Confederation.
Connecticut Compromise
Unicameral legislature
Representative government
Limited government
- 8. Multiple Choice
Resulted in a bicameral legislature.
Connecticut Compromise
First Continental Congress
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
- 9. Multiple Choice
A government in which citizens elect delegates.
Limited government
Representative government
Unicameral legislature
Colonial charters and constitutions
- 10. Multiple Choice
Recognized the rights of the English nobles.
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers
Leviathan
- 11. Multiple Choice
The authors of the Declaration of Independence were influenced by the idea in the Old Testament that:
Everyone had the right to a fair trial.
Governments should be based on the concept of republicanism.
Societies should establish social contracts that everyone was required to follow.
The law should apply uniformly to everyone, even kings.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Founders incorporated Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of freedom of religion into the Constitution by stating that:
All citizens must practice a religion, but it may be a religion of their choosing.
Congress can establish a state religion.
Congress cannot make any laws preventing people from practicing their religion.
Religious groups cannot be taxed or treated differently from other types of groups.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The First Continental Congress's embargo on Britain likely hurt the colonies' private businesses because:
It decreased income from tariffs.
They could no longer make money from British imports.
The value of British goods was greatly reduced.
Enforcing the embargo was very expensive.
- 14. Multiple Choice
An inalienable right that is stated in the Declaration of Independence and contributes to our current national identity is the right to:
A representative government.
Be able to vote in elections.
Be economically secure.
Pursue happiness.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Shay's Rebellion caused the new nation's leaders to realize that:
A stronger national government was needed.
The Articles did an inadequate job of protecting individual rights.
The Articles did an inadequate job of protecting states' rights.
The nation needed to outlaw slavery.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could:
Declare war, but it could not make treaties.
Establish post offices, but it could not levy taxes.
Force everyone to abide by the law, but it could not establish a court system.
Levy taxes, but it could not establish an executive branch.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Fourteenth Amendment did away with the Three-Fifths Compromise by stating that:
Every individual counted as a whole person.
Interstate commerce could not be taxed.
Legislative representation should be based entirely on population.
The people should directly elect the president.
- 18. Multiple Choice
By agreeing to amend the Constitution by adding the Bill of Rights,
The Anti-Federalists were incorporating the ideas of Charles de Montesquieu.
The Founders were incorporating the ideas of William Blackstone.
The Founders were responding to Anti-Federalists' fears of an overly powerful national government.
The Founders were responding to Anti-Federalists' fears of overly powerful state governments.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lists the steps required to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution in the correct sequence?
Madison introduced it, Congress approved it, and the states ratified it.
Madison introduced it, the House modified it, and Congress enforced it.
Madison introduced it, the states approved it, and the Senate modified it.
Madison introduced it, the states ratified it, and Congress enforced it.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Founders created a federal system of government because they:
Believed that representation on Congress should be based entirely on population.
Did not want the president to become as powerful as a monarch.
Wanted individuals to have the right to a fair and speedy trial.
Wanted power to be split between the national and the state governments.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Analyze ways in which colonial governments were limited and ways in which they were representative. Discuss why the colonists valued these characteristics.
Colonial governments were limited by having written constitutions, or charters, by which they had to abide.
They were representative in that certain people, typically property-owning white men, had the right to vote.
Colonists valued limited government because of their experiences with the British monarchy.
They valued representative government because they wanted to have an impact on how they were governed.
All of the above.
- 22. Multiple Choice
How were the respective arguments of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding ratification of the Constitution similar? How were they different?
Both groups knew the government was too weak under the Articles of Confederation and realized that government could not maintain the security that the nation needed.
The Anti-Federalists were concerned that the Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights, which the Federalists felt was unnecessary because the Constitution did not give the national government the power to violate individual rights.
The Anti-Federalists believed the Constitutional Convention was extralegal because it was only supposed to modify the Articles of Confederation, they thought it took too much power away from the states.
The Federalists felt that a strong national government was necessary in order to protect the nation and solve internal problems.
All of the above.
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