Unit 1 U.S. Government

The New Jersey plan favored-

• large states

• eastern states

• Western States

• Less populous states

What compromise came from the debate over legislative representation?

• 3/5ths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

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?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

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

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• 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 growing merchant class

• A strong central(national) government

• loose confederation of states

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

• Federalism

• republicanism

• common law

• natural rights

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 rights

• natural rights

• a social contract

• rule by the majority

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

• similar to the divine rights of kings

• made in accordance with long-held traditions

• based on justice and transcend man-made law

• naturally easy for all society to agree upon

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

• unalienable rights

• legislative duties

• governmental powers

• states' 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 had the right to independence because of natural law

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