Chapter 2 Review: Origins of American Government

____ called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Connecticuit Compromise
• Articles of Confederation

____ called for a unicameral legislature and favored the smaller states.

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Connecticuit Compromise
• Articles of Confederation

___ created a legislature with a House based on population and a Senate based on equal representation.

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Connecticuit Compromise
• Articles of Confederation

____ first English charter of liberties which included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law

• English Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Magna Carta
• Petition of Right

___ means to formally adopt or approve.

• passage
• proposal
• amendment
• ratification

___ is an official, written document establihing a covernment

• Constitution
• Declaration
• Article
• Confederation

Compromise is the process of accommodating different needs and viewpoints.

• true
• false

In a democracy supreme authority rests solely with the people.

• true
• false

Among the broad purposes of the United States government spelled out in the Preamble to the Constitution is the obligation to

• keep the executive and legislative branches of government separate.
• create an autocratic form of government.
• defend the country against Americans who oppose its policies.
• provide for justice and the people's general welfare.

Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, and Rousseau would most likely agree that

• the state developed out of force.
• those of royal birth should rule the state.
• the state exists to serve the will of the people.
• government should be eliminated.