US History review

Which two key principles of government are included in the Declaration of Independence?

• majority rule and minority rights

• universal suffrage and judicial independence

• universal suffrage and judicial independence

• consent of the governed and natural rights

Anti Federalists opposed ratification of the United States Constitution until they were assured that

• a bill of rights would be added to the original document to protect citizens from a tyrannical Federal government

• their supporters would receive a fair share of federal government jobs

• the president was given increased powers

• senators would be elected directly by the people

Federalism is best defined as a principle of government that

• divides power between the central government and state governments

• includes a system of checks and balances

• places the most power in the hands of the legislative branch

• all of the above

The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) strengthened the power of the judicial branch by

• denying states the right to secede from the Union

• providing the president the power to declare war

• ruling that Congress has the right to create new territories

• granting federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional

Most of the amendments to the United States Constitution have dealt with

• expanding the powers of the presidency

• setting immigration restrictions

• strengthening the authority of state governments

• guaranteeing civil and political right

Which group benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?

• abolitionists

• immigrants

• slave owners

• enslaved persons

Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the

• ratification of the Constitution of the United States

• approval of the Republican Party platform of 1860

• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution

One result of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803) was that the United States

• acquired California from Spain

• gained control of the port of New Orleans

• ended border conflicts with British Canada

• annexed Florida

The main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• stake a claim to Mexican territory

• limit European influence in the Americas

• force the British out of the Oregon Territory

• establish full control over Canada

One way that “Bleeding Kansas,” the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events

• ended conflict over slavery in the territories

• eased tensions between the North and the South

• contributed to the formation of the Whig Party

• made sectional compromise more difficult