07 IA Review 1

Question 1:

After their experiences with the British monarchy, the Founding Fathers were afraid that a ______________ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• Strong state government

• weak government

• strong central government

• small government

Question 2:

“...secure the blessings of liberty…” means to protect citizens from oppression or government abuse that takes away our freedoms.

Which of the ideas below is the best way to stop a government from abusing its power?

• Let one person or group Accumulate all the power of the government

• Divide or spread out the power between many different people or groups

• Give all citizens equal power in every single decision that government makes

• Don’t give normal citizens any power because they don’t know enough to handle it

Question 3:

Which of the following are ways that the U.S. Constitutional government tries to protect us from tyranny by dividing or spreading out power?

Select the three correct answers.

• The government is made up of three different branches, each with different responsibilities

• The powers of government are divided into two levels, the federal government and state government

• The government is a direct democracy, where every citizen votes on every single government action.

• Each branch of government has the power to check or limit the power of the other branches

Question 4:

The ability of the Judicial Branch to “declare presidential acts unconstitutional” as provided by the Constitution is

• maintaining United States prestige in international affairs.

• preventing federal abuse of state power.

• implementing the principle of checks and balances.

• expanding the authority of the executive branch.

Question 5:

The creation of a two house Congress (the Senate and House of Representatives) represented in the maps was designed to

• resolve the issue of representation between large and small states.

• Calculate the percentage of slaves that could be counted for the senate.

• prevent federal abuse of state power.

• expand the authority of the legislative branch.

Question 6:

Three-Fifths Compromise, Article 1, Sec.2 U.S. Constitution

Representatives...shall be apportioned among the several states ...according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding the whole number of free persons… and three-fifths of all other persons... The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative....

Based on the source, what was agreed to in the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Three-fifths of the states were allowed to own slaves.

• Three-fifths of a vote in Congress was needed to override a presidential veto.

• Three-fifths of the president’s cabinet was needed to override a judicial ruling.

• Three-fifths of the slave population could be counted for representation in the House of Representatives.