Government Final Exam Review- Unit 2

What was the first instance of self government in North America?

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To announce that the 13 colonies were separating from Britain.

• To establish laws and policies for the newly formed United States.

• To declare that nobody could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• To create a loose league of friendship among the 13 colonies.

After the French and Indian War, what was one way the British government restricted the liberties of the colonists?

• Instituting the Proclamation of 1763

• Listening to their grievances and adjusting policies accordingly

• Signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783

• Withdrawing troops from Boston after the Boston Tea Party.

Before the Constitution was ratified, this document was the framework for the federal government:

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• House of Representatives

Which of the following is NOT true of the Articles of Confederation?

• The government could not tax

• There was not a strong, central government to oversee the country

• The government created the Northwest Ordinance, which established a system for setting up state governments in western territories.

• The states were able to easily raise a functioning army.

The division of a legislature into two separate assemblies.

• bicameralism

• unicameralism

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths compromise

"Small state" proposal for the new Constitution. Called for the states to have equal representation in the legislative branch.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

How did the Founding Fathers settle the dispute over state representation in Congress?

• They favored the Virginia Plan, which created a strong bicameral legislature completely based on population.

• They favored the New Jersey plan, which would give equal representation to each state regardless of population

• They compromised with the Great Compromise, which gave one chamber of Congress votes based on population and the other chamber was given equal votes.

• They decided that a Federal form of government was the best and that states would ultimately decide how they wanted to be represented in Congress.

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty