Civics Unit 1 Review B

What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?

• Peace, Love, and Joy
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Life, Leadership, and Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

Whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Locke
• George Washington

___________________ believed that without government, people would fight each other all the time.

• A. Locke
• B. Hobbes
• C. Montesquieu
• D. Smith

How many states had to agree in order to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• 13
• 8
• 1
• 6

Who was the main governing body under the Articles of Confederation?

• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• Congress

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Which of the following was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• Create a plan for the Northwest Territory
• Negotiate treaties
• Levy taxes
• Declare war and peace

What events led to Shays' Rebellion?

• unfair taxes
• taking away property
• always causing personal debt
• all of the above

The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following? 

• Created a one house legislature
• Postponed the conversation about slavery
• Added the Bill of Rights 
• Created a two house legislature

In what house of our national legislature, called Congress, does each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons