Influences on U.S. Government

How did the Mayflower Compact impact the United States?

• Established a framework for self-government among the colonists

• Required colonists to pay more taxes

• Forced the colonists to leave Great Britain

• Gave the King more power

Which does NOT describe Athenian Democracy?

• Civic Participation

• Voting Rights

• Legislative Bodies

• Dictator

What was not a form of government in Ancient Greece?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Socialism

• Limited Democracy

Who could vote in Athen's limited democracy?

• Women

• Adult free men

• Slaves

• Foreigners

Democracy was first practiced where?

• Ancient Greece and Rome

• Ancient Egypt

• England
• United States

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• universal suffrage

• a limited monarchy

• religious toleration

• divine right of kings

Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Two Treatises on Government

Which of the following is a similarity between the United States government and the Roman Republic?

• The U.S. government is divided into three branches with checks and balances.
• Both governments use of a dictator in times of crisis.
• Members of the senate rule for life.
• The two most powerful people of the government are called consuls.

What was the first legislative assembly in the American Colonies?

• Bradford Courthouse

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• British Parliament

• White House

What is one way the Roman Republic influenced the American government?

• They broke society into social classes.

• They had a representative government.

• It separated the federal and state governments.

• It encouraged the separation of church and state