Constitution

When U.S. citizens elect members of Congress, they are practicing

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Authoritarian Government

• Constitutional Monarchy

In a direct democracy, people vote on issues themselves, rather than electing representatives to decide for them.

• True

• False

Thomas Jefferson’s reference to the natural rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” in the Declaration of Independence was clearly inspired by the ideas of

• Julius Caesar

• Benjamin Franklin

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• the Virginia Company

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

Why did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention decide to abandon the Articles of Confederation?

• In hopes that they could return to Great Britain as colonies.

• To create a strong central government in their new nation.

• The delegates wanted to create a monarchy.

• They were looking to become part of the French Empire.

Why was the national government under the Constitution stronger than the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• It had the power to enforce its laws.

• The supremacy clause made state laws the highest in the land.

• It did not have the power to tax the people.

• State governments had been dissolved.

Which of the following decided how slaves would be counted into the figuring a state’s population?

• The Virginia Plan

• Three-fifths Compromise

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

Division of Government between the National and state governments

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

Division of Power between the 3 branches of government

• Checks & Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Bicameral Legislature

Prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Checks & Balances

• Natural Rights