Fall Semester Review 2019

Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away. 

• Legislature
• Mayflower Compact
• Responsibilities
• Unalienable Rights

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country through the:

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Declaration of Independence 1776

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Articles of Confederation

Congress can override a presidential veto by a _____ vote of the __________

• majority vote of the senate

• 2/3 vote of the senate

• majority vote of both houses of congress

• 2/3 vote of both houses of congress

Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically given to the states. (Which Amendment states this?) this is rights reserved to the states.

• Seventh

• Ninth

• Tenth

• Thirteenth

The United States Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation, was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in what year?

• 1787

• 1781

• 1776

• 1791

Which of these completes the graphic organizer?

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts.

• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief.

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.

"The accumulation of all powers,...in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, ...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

- James Madison

Based upon the quote, which principle would Madison most likely have wanted included in the structure of the United States government to prevent tyranny?

• federalism

• natural rights

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

The people have the power to rule

• federalism

• republicanism

• popular sovereignty

• limited government

During the Constitutional Convention, James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise which dealt with how

• the government would pass protective tariffs in order to help northern businesses prosper

• Maine and Missouri would be crated as slave and free states to keep the balance of power

• slaves would be counted as population for representation and taxation purposes

• women would be represented in the newly created legislative branch

What power was given to the Supreme Court in the court case Marbury v. Madison?

• Judicial Review

• Make Laws

• Supremacy Clause

• Execute Laws