2019 US History Mid Term Exam Review

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence describes the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

• "... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with ... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

• "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of people."

• "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and have conjured the by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations ..."

• "... 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 a new Government ..."

According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?

• From the Unite States Constitution

• From elected representatives

• From the consent of the governed (the people)

• From the military leaders

The Declaration of Independence argued that:

• Nations cannot be divided and a people must never secede from their mother nation.

• People should revolt when they suffer deep injustices.

• The British government was to blame for the evils experienced by the colonists.

• Revolution is justifiable whenever people become angry with their government for any reason.

Why was this Northwest Ordinance important? (What did it do?)

• It created a system of taxation that was fair to the states.

• It provided for a series of forts to protect the frontier.

• It established the foundation of the United States government.

• It established a pattern of territorial government and a process for becoming a new state.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was important because it:

• Ensured universal suffrage for all males.

• Established reservations for Native Americans.

• Extended slavery north of the Ohio River.

• Provided a process for admission of new states to the Union.

Antifederalists argued that the Constitution needed

• a longer preamble

• more branches of government

• a bill of rights

• a more powerful president

How does the Constitution prevent one branch of government from becoming more powerful than the other branches?

• by having only one branch of government

• by having one person oversee all of the decision making

• through a system of checks and balances

Which right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was derived from the 1689 English Bill of Rights?

• right to property

• right to petition the government

• right of women to vote

• right of the government to collect taxes

Which document is the "Supreme Law of the Land," even over state laws?

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Articles of Confederation

• The U.S. Constitution

Which of the following documents was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the United States?

• The Unite States Constitution

• the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights