Quiz 3 Review

How does the diagram above illustrate the agreements reached by the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? (Select TWO answers)

• It created the U.S. Congress as a bicameral legislature.

• It addressed the needs of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.

• It guaranteed shared powers between the federal and state governments.

• It established three branches of government to prevent tyranny.

• It enumerated the powers of the national government.

The list above summarizes some limitations of the national government under the —

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

How did the Northwest Ordinance set a pattern for the orderly growth of the United States?

The Northwest Ordinance included provisions that allowed territories to _______ themselves

when they had at least five thousand free males in an area and could become new states when they

reached a population of __________.

(select 2 answers)

• 60,000

• apply for statehood

• govern/extended popular sovereignty

• were allowed to have slaves

• were allowed to educate

Which of the following is addressed in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution?

• All persons born in the United States were citizens

• Being tried more than once for the same offense

• The right to practice a religion of one’s choice

• Protection from involuntary servitude

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

• Popular sovereignty

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

• Judicial review

"No freemen shall be seized, imprisoned, ..... or in any way destroyed; nor will we [the king] proceed against or prosecute him except by the lawful judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land".

Which democratic principle is based on the statement above?

• Freedom of the press

• Freedom of speech

• Right to a trial by jury

• Right to bear arms

People who want to attend religious services, including churches, synagogues, cathedrals, or a mosque can do so because of what?

These choices are protected by the —

• Eighth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Third Amendment

• First Amendment

Which example below provides the best example of a civic duty?

• Company donates $1 million to Japan relief effort

• Parents boycott city public schools

• Jurors return verdict in robbery case

• flight attendants to vote next month on strike

Which principle outlined in the U.S. Constitution is represented by this diagram?

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• separation of powers

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

• "He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people."

• "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent."

• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

• "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public

  good."