CONSTITUTION & EARLY REPUBLIC

Which of the following lists all rights under the First Amendment?

• Freedom of:

  Speech

  Religion

  Press

  Petition

  No cruel punishment

• Freedom of:

  Press

  Speech

  Right to bear arms

  Due Process

  Assembly

• Freedom of:

  Press

  Petition

  To take a bath

  Religion

  Assemble

• Freedom of:

  Speech

  Press

  Assembly

  Petition

  Religion

Nationalism: Pride in one's nation or country

Sectionalism: (?)

Which of the following would correctly replace the question mark?

• Loyalty to a state rather than the whole country.

• Loyalty to the British during the American Revolution, people were called sectionalists.

• Sectionalism: The idea of dividing the United States into different sections based of the politics and economy.

• Sectionalism: A movement in where a lot of social reforms to place, with the goal of improving society for the better.

Which of the following not a colonial government influence on the United States Constitution?

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of COnfederation

• The Virginia House of Burgesses

The reason why the US Constitution was created was because -

• United States declared their freedom from Great Britain and wanted a government to represent the people.

• The Constitution was created due to the Articles of Confederation being too weak and being able to do very much.

• The United States needed a true representative government that provided all Americans their Unalienable Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.

• The Articles of Confederation lacked a Bill of Rights, which is why the Constitution was created.

Which of the following was not a reason why the War Hawks wanted the United States to go to war with England in the War of 1812?

• The British were supplying Native Americans with weapons and telling them to attack American settlers in the frontier.

• British ships were attacking American trade ships at sea.

• The British were passing numerous lass on the colonists and the colonists were upset because of "Taxation without representation."

• Impressment of US sailors into the British Navy.

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were the founders of the two very first political parties but which of these two believed in the National Bank, a strong central government, and industry/manufacturing?

(a)  

Which of the following is not advice that George Washington gave the United States in his Farewell Address speech?

• Political Parties are vital for the survival of the United States in the future.

• Stay away from political parties, they will divide our nation.

Thomas Jefferson is to the... (1)

as James Madison is to the... (2)

• (1)

  Declaration of Independence

  (2)

  Common Sense

• (1)

  Federalist Papers

  (2)

  Bill of Rights

• (1)

  Constitution

  (2)

  Common Sense

• (1)

  Declaration of

  Independance

  (2)

  Constitution

Which of the following Supreme Court Cases did not strengthen the United States government?

• Marbury vs. Madison:

  established judicial review.

• Gibbon vs. Ogden: the federal government is to regulate trade between the states.

• Dred Scott vs Sanford: Scott could not file for a lawsuit, he was not considered a citizen of the United States.

• McCulloch vs. Maryland: the states are cannot interfere with federal institutions like the National Bank.

How was the Missouri Compromise under James Monroe a temporary fix to the issue of slavery?

• It led to the 3/5th Compromise that counted all slaves towards population and representation (House of Representatives).

• This compromise helped keep the United states together as one nation, kept the number of slave states and free states balanced.

• The compromise made an agreement that stated the slave trade would end in the year of 1825.

• It gave popular sovereignty to the territories out West, allowing them to vote if the want slavery or not. Congress also passed the Fugitive Slave Act.