Chap 5 Section 1

What do we call a detailed written plan for government?

• Bill of Rights
• Natural Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Constitution

The influence of Magna Carta on the leaders who wrote state constitutions is shown in

• Having a bicameral legislature
• Having a strong governor.
• The inclusion of a list of rights.
• Language limiting the king’s power.

What did the states have to make laws for them?

• Governor
• State Legislatures
• King
• Articles of Confederation

Which one of these ideals were not expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life
• Liberty
• Education
• Pursuit of Happiness

Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation?

• States were dependent on each other.
• States were relatively independent.
• States were stronger than local government.
• States were weaker than the national government.

Most states listed the rights of theircitizens. Which one would not belong as a part ofthese rights?

• Trial by Jury
• Protection of personal property
• Right to an education

What is the term for a legislature that is divided into two parts?

• Bioduct
• Unicameral
• Trialateral
• Bicameral

A group of individual state governments that unite for a common purpose was known as

• Constitution
• Confederation
• Constituent 
• Legislature

In 1777 this government will form from the individual state governments which will serve as ournation’s first constitution. What was it?

• Magna Carta
• The Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Eastern Alliance

Name the rebellion in Massachusetts were farmers rose up against the courts who were taking their lands?

• Shays Rebellion
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• The Civil War
• The Revolution