Final Exam Study Guide

Choose all that apply....What ideas are expressed in the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

• All people have rights that government can't take away

• King gets his power from God

• If government' is hurting people, that people can create a new government.

• Colonists violated the rights of the King

Choose all the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

• No power to tax

• No power to raise army

• Federal government has more power than states

• No executive power

Which of the following rights or freedoms are covered under the Bill of Rights?

• Freedom of Speech

• States Rights

• Due process of Law

• Refuse to pay taxes

• No cruel or unusual punishment

On the best type of government, who believed...
powerful CENTRAL or FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and concentrated in the hands of small elite group

• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

 Which president didn't believe in political parties? 

• Thomas Jefferson
  
• George Washington

 Why did George Washington not believe in political parties

• He was afraid it would divide the nation and cause problems. 
  
• It would cost too much money to fund.
  

Who believed that states should have more power than the federal government?

• Hamilton

• Jefferson

Washington advised against political parties. The New Republic should go in the same direction, political parties would offer differing views and tear the country in half. Which document was this advice given?

• Monroe Doctrine
• Farewell Address
• Missouri Compromise
• Democratic-Republican

Is serving on a jury an example of a right or responsibility?

• Right

• Responsibility

• Both

• Neither

Jose wrote an article that was published in a local paper criticizing the local government for wasting taxpayers money. Which right is Jose using? 

• Freedom to pay taxes 
• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of the Press
• None of the Above