UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT MAKE UP QUIZ

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government[.]

Which of the following correctly describes the Founding Fathers' inspiration for the excerpt above?

• Montesquieu's concept of separation of powers

• John Locke's concept of a social contract

• Montesquieu's concept of checks and balances

• John Locke's concept of natural rights

Look at the outline explaining important ideas from a historic document. Then answer the question that follows.

A. Key Points of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

I. Americans must learn to fend for themselves without British aid.

II. Self-governance is a natural right.

III. British rule exploits Americans and is harmful to their well-being.

IV. Monarchy is irrational and dangerous.

Which point does NOT belong in the outline above?

• A I

• B II

• C III

• D IV

Which of the following statements about the effects of the 1783 Treaty of Paris is NOT correct?

• Britain officially recognized the United States of America a sovereign and independent nation

• The United States agreed to pay the debts they owed to Britain and to allow British soldiers and loyalists to return home

• The United States doubled in size as the boundary of the country expanded to include the majority of land east of the Mississippi and south of Canada

• Britain and the United States agreed to allow France to control most of the former British territory in Canada.

Select the correct phrase to complete the statement.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the US government failed to respond quickly to threat posed by Shays' Rebellion because :

• there was no federal executive to take action

• states could not afford to pay militias

• the US army joined Daniel Shays' cause

• Congress did not believe the rebellion was a threat

Which of the following was NOT an Anti-Federalist argument against ratifying the US Constitution? (Hint: who is going to judge if a law is not good?)

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• The document granted too much authority to the central government

• The document did not specifically list the rights guaranteed to the people

• The document would lead to a return to powerful leaders and tyrannical rule

• The document created an ineffective judiciary that could not check executive power.

What is one reason, expressed in the Declaration of Independence, that the colonies declared their independence from Great Britain?

• The British failed to protect loyal colonists from revolutionaries during Shays' Rebellion

• The British caused the colonial economy to suffer by refusing to trade with the colonists

• The British taxed the colonists even though colonists were not represented in Parliament

• The British did not send troops to support colonial militias during the French and Indian War.

John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay represented the United States and signed the Treaty of Paris. In addition to marking the official end of the American Revolutionary War, what did this treaty also do?

• It granted America's Mexican territory to Napoleon

• It gave Spain temporary control of the Mississippi River

• It recognized the 13 colonies as independent state

• It served as the model for the Articles of Confederation.

How did Shays' Rebellion affect the government of the nation?

• It led to the dismantling of state militias

• It prompted calls for a stronger national government.

• It led to widespread reform of federal tax laws

• It made rural areas ungovernable

At the Constitutional Convention, there was a major debate between large states and small states about representation in the new Congress. This debate was resolved by:

• the Wilmot Proviso

• the Great Compromise.

• the Freedom Ordinance

• the Newlands Resolution.

Why did Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of the Constitution?

• They believed it would hinder the nation's economic development

• They believed it would decrease the power of the individual states.

• They believed it would prevent the nation from expanding westward

• They believed it would restrict the power of the executive branch.