U.S. History Semester 1 Final

The ______ announced that people have unalienable rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

• Declaration of Independence

• Anti-Federalists

• The Great Compromise

• Intolerable Acts

Thomas Paine wrote ______, spurring many colonists toward demanding independence from Britain.

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

Rule by the people through elected representatives is called ______________.

• monarchy

• republic

• reconstruction

• federalism

The __________ decided how representation should be determined in Congress

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• The Great Compromise

• the 3/5th Compromise

People that supported the Constitution were called ___________.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Patriots

• Democrats

Parliament passed the ______, requiring colonists to pay a direct tax on a variety of printed materials.

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

The period following the Civil War was called ____________.

• Reformation

• Reconstruction

• Federalism

• Urbanization

Parliament passed what the colonists called the ______, a series of measures that, among other things shut down the Boston Harbor and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in private homes.

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to

• protect personal liberties.

• make the Constitution flexible

• make all citizens equal under the law

• limit the power of the judicial branch

What is the name of the system that maintains the separation of power between the three branches of government?

• Reserved powers

• Delegated powers

• Checks and balances

• Democracy