EOC REVIEW: Foundations of American Government

A written plan for government that describes the structure and powers of government is called a(n) . . .

• constitution.

• amendment.

• ordinance.

• legislature.

A group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose is called a(n) . . .

• confederation.

• parliament.

• colony.

• corporation.

John Locke's ideas about the separation of powers inspired the Framers when they crafted the three-branch structure of the federal government under the Constitution.

• True

• False

At the Constitutional Convention, delegates from the southern states wanted enslaved persons counted in a state's population to increase their power in the new House of Representatives.

• True

• False

Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention decide to replace the Articles of Confederation?

• They were supposed to be replaced every 4 years.

• State legislatures demanded it.

• The government they created was too weak.

• The delegates had never favored them.

What promise did the Federalists have to make about the Constitution to help win support for it's ratification?

• to abolish slavery

• to add a bill of rights

• to change it in 10 years

• to drop the Electoral College

"This new national government will have the power to overwhelm the states and exercise tyranny over the people."

Which group would make such a statement about the Constitution?

• Anti-Federalists

• Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke

• Federalists

• Member of Shays' Rebellion

What was the purpose of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in writing The Federalist Papers?

• to criticize the Constitution

• to explain why the government under the Constitution would not work

• to praise the Articles of Confederation

• to win support for the Constitution

In adding bills of rights to new state constitutions, Americans were inspired by . . .

• ancient Greece.

• the French Revolution.

• the English Bill of Rights.

• the US Constitution.

Why was the national government under the Constitution stronger than the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• It had the power to enforce its laws.

• The supremacy clause made state laws the highest in the land.

• It did not have the power to tax the people.

• State governments had been dissolved.