Test #2: DOI, AOC, and the Constitution

Shays' Rebellion resulted in the movement to

• produce a new national constitution
• increase duties on imported goods
• suspend all property taxes
• have universal suffrage

The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to

• allow for the admission of new states
• limit the powers of the president
• provide adequate powers for the central government
• prevent the development of military rule

The system of checks and balances is best illustrated by the power of

• the President to veto a bill passed by Congress
• Congress to censure one of its members
• a governor to send the National Guard to stop a riot
• State and Federal governments levy and collect taxes

Which of the following statements applies to the Great Compromise?

• It was proposed by the representative from New Jersey
• It granted each state an equal vote in the upper house and representation in the lower house according to population
• It provided a strong unicameral government
• It was rejected by a majority of the delegates

The United States government is considered a federal system because

• the people elect national officials
• both national and state governments exist within the nation
• foreign policy is handled by state governments
• each state has equal representation in the United States Senate

The authors of the Federalist Papers wrote them for the purpose of

• explaining the meaning and positive qualities of the Constitution
• Describing the negative effects of the Constitution upon states' rights
• promoting the concept of the Bill of Rights
• exposing the Constitution as a plan to establish a strong, tyrannical nation government

Antifederalists criticized the United States Constitution primarily because governing power was concentrated in the 

• State legislatures
• President's Cabinet
• delegates of the Constitutional Convention
• National Government

The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution to

• protect individuals' civil liberties
• provide the president with the power to enforce the laws
• establish a presidential cabinet
• guarantee voting privileges to all citizens

The principles of government that Thomas Jefferson included in the Declaration of Independence were most influenced by

• William Penn's views on religious toleration
• John Locke's social contract theory
• Adam Smith's ideas of free enterprise
• Louis XIV's belief in divine right

The Declaration of Independence was based on the idea of the

• Romantic Era
• Age of Exploration
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment