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