Unit 1 Civics

What wasn't a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• No Executive Branch

• No Judicial Branch

• No national courts

• Gave the federal government too much power

The Magna Carta guaranteed certain things couldn't happen without a fair trial. Choose the wrong answer.

• Arrested

• Put in Prison

• Forced to leave the nation

• Lose your job

What is federalism?

• Power is held by the states

• Power is held by the central government

• Power is shared by the national and state governments

• There is no power - none of this is real. You're living in a simulation

As a part of the Great Compromise, members of the House of Representatives are split up based on...

• population

• even split

• doesn't matter, government is corrupt anyway

• President's choice

This Enlightenment philosopher argued for balance of power

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Aristotle

• Wollstonecraft

What did the large states want from the Great Compromise?

• Representation based on population of the state

• Equal representation

• No federal government

• Random representation

The members of the House of Lords were

• appointed by the monarch

• elected by the people

• passed down by family

• chosen by a battle to the death

The government gains its power from the consent of the people. The government protects people's rights in return.

• social contract theory

• anarchy

• bicameral legislature

• personal affidavit of security

What did the smaller states want from the Great Compromise?

• representation based off of population

• equal representation

• a new president every 3 years

• social contract theory

What was America's first Constitution?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Magna Carta