Chapter 1

Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following?

• Natural Rights
• Divine Right of Kings
• Social Contract
• Common Law

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

• George Washington
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson

What does it mean to say we have "separation of powers?"

• We divide power between the three Branches
• The President doesn't work with the Courts
• Congress doesn't work with the President
• We divide the two Houses of Congress

This document influenced the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• Common Sense

This document established self-government in the colonies

• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence
• English Bill of Rights

Which of the following was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?

• To provide for a way to change the system of government over time.
• To rewrite the Articles of Confederation and make it a better document.
• To establish an army to put down Shay’s Rebellion
• To totally redo the system of government set in place by the Articles of Confederation.

Under the Articles of Confederation,

• Congress had the power to enforce tax collection.
• Congress controlled trade between the states.
• Congress granted power to the executive branch.
• Congress could not pay the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.

What was a major change from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?

• The executive branch and judicial branch were created.
• Only the executive branch was created.
• The judicial branch and legislative branch were created.
• The executive branch and legislative branch were created.

The writers of the Articles of Confederation wanted to preserve

• the states’ independent powers
• the powers of the new federal government.
• their diplomatic alliance with King George III.
• their own individual powers within the new government

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Ben Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Sam Adams