Milestones S.S. Review

Which statement about the Nez Perce Indians is TRUE?

• They did not settle in permanent villages
• They herded sheep
• They built their villages near streams where they fished for salmon
• They built igloos for shelter

Which of the following located new trails that allowed frontier pioneers to move westward? 

• Harriet Tubman
• Daniel Boone
• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson 

At the very beginning of the Constitution, the phrase" We the people" emphasizes which of these principles? 

• checks and balances
• popular sovereignty
• separation of powers
• federalism

Which of the following statements is TRUE about our federal system of government? 

• The executive is the strongest of the 3 branches
• The national govt. shares power with the states
• The judicial branch elects the president and the vice president
• All states, no matter their size, have the same representation in Congress

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise resolved which of these issues? 

• The representation of large and small states in Congress
• The qualifications of the president and vice president 
• The government's policy on the slave trade 
• The issue of interstate commerce

The first _____ amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Which number correctly fills in the blank? 

• 5
• 7
• 10
• 12

The MAIN reason for the War of 1812 was which of the following?

• French attacks on British merchant ships
• British attacks on American merchant ships
• Disagreements between the United States and Britain over the slave trade 
• the British refusal to recognize the Louisiana Purchase 

The MAIN purpose of the Bill of Rights is to 

• strengthen the powers of the president
• protect the rights of individual citizens
• force the states to pay taxes to the national government
• allow the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution 

The Constitution gives the president the power to make treaties with foreign nations, but says that those treaties must be approved by the Senate. This is an example of what? 

• federalism
• popular sovereignty
• states' rights
• checks and balances 

In economics, which of the following BEST defines an incentive? 

• the scarcity of a particular good or service 
• something that encourages a person to take a certain action
• a rise in the demand for services
• a decline in the supply of goods