Unit 1 Government Review

Which political idea is based on the belief that citizens must be willing to give up some freedoms in exchange for the protection of rights?

• Divine Right

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

• Rule by Majority

The Founding Fathers considered that the idea of natural law should be —

• similar to the divine right of kings

• naturally easy for all of society to agree upon

• made in accordance with long-held traditions

• based on justice and transcend man-made law

Which of the following Founding Fathers is remembered as both a strong supporter of central government as well as the principal author of the U.S. Constitution?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Mason

Opponents of the New Jersey Plan argued that the plan favored —

• a split bicameral legislature

• a strong central government

• slaveholding states

• less populous states

What resolution came about in response to the debate over legislative representation?

• The Virginia Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Articles of Confederation

The founding of the United States has traditional roots in Judeo-Christian teachings as well as philosophies developed primarily during the —

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Commercial Revolution

In his service at the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton argued that the Founders should establish a government characterized by —

• a powerful aristocracy

• a loose confederation of states

• a growing merchant class

• a strong central authority

Which major political concept argues that a legitimate government is based on the consent of the governed?

• Federalism

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

• Common law

The Declaration of Independence lists “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” as —

• State's rights

• Legislative duties

• Governmental powers

• Unalienable rights

By using the phrase “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and the American Founders were arguing that —

• the Anglican Church did not have sole religious authority

• the British government was based on the divine-right theory

• the colonies can establish a separate church free of government influence

• the colonies had the right to independence because of natural law