Semester 1 Review

The belief that government is derived from which of the following is central to the idea of democracy?

• The people
• Congress
• Checks and balances
• God

According to the Declaration of Independence, the purpose of government is to protect

• money
• human rights
• the White House
• the leader

This document established self-government in the colonies

• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence
• English Bill of Rights

Which of these are NOT natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Liberty
• Pursuit of Happiness
• Ensure domestic tranquility
• Life

Under the Articles of Confederation,

• Congress had the power to enforce tax collection.
• Congress controlled trade between the states.
• Congress granted power to the executive branch.
• Congress could not pay the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.

He led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers

• Sam Adams
• Daniel Shays
• John Adams
• Paul Revere

What was a major change from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?

• The executive branch and judicial branch were created.
• Only the executive branch was created.
• The judicial branch and legislative branch were created.
• The executive branch and legislative branch were created.

The first Constitution in the United States

• Articles of Constitution
• The United States Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence

Which is the best explanation of what led to the Revolutionary War?

• England raised taxes on the colonies
• England did not respond to colonists’ complaints
• England took away the rights of the colonists
• All of the choices

The writers of the Articles of Confederation wanted to preserve

• the states’ independent powers
• the powers of the new federal government.
• their diplomatic alliance with King George III.
• their own individual powers within the new government