Unit 1: Founding Documents

Which of the following is an argument that would be made by an Anti-Federalist?

• The Constitution contains no Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties like freedom of speech, trial by jury, and the right against searches and seizures.

• A strong President is necessary to protect the country against foreign attacks

• The Constitution is a Bill of Rights because it guarantees citizens a role in government.

• The Constitution forbids creating titles of nobility like "Duke" or "King", so the government will always belong to the people.

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence describes the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

• " . . . . all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with . . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

• "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."

• "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations . . ."

• "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations . . ."

Which precedent was set by the Northwest Ordinance and later included in the U.S. Constitution?

• the guarantee of a right to trial by jury

• the creation of a federal system of government

• the establishment of full voting rights for women

• 
  the denial of property rights to American Indians

Before the Americans Revolutionary War, the British government passed laws to increase its control over its American colonies. An excerpt from the Massachusetts Act is shown.

​".....from and after August 1, 1774, no meeting shall be called by the select men [officials], or at the request of any number of freeholders [land owners] of any township, district, or precinct, without the leave [consent] of the [royally appointed] governor....."

Why did colonists view this section of Massachusetts Government Act as an infringement on their rights?

• because it outlawed jury trials

• because it limited their ability to assemble

• because it prevented them from owning property

• because it restricted their exercise of religious freedom

Which of the following is a grievance mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?

• The king has hired foreign armies to fight the colonists.

• The king has allowed religious freedom in the colonies.

• The king has eliminated taxation in the colonies.

• The king has called for more representation in the colonies.

Which of the following was a precedent set by the Northwest Ordinance?

• Slavery would be prohibited in the territory

• Public education was mandatory in each township

• Citizens were granted the right to trial by jury

• All of the Above

Which Enlightenment idea suggests that the people and the government have an agreement to work with one another?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Consent of the Governed

Which of the following is an example of Popular Sovereignty in the U.S. government?

• Citizens elect their representatives

• The Supremacy Clause

• The Bill of Rights

• None of these Options

The ratification of the U.S. Constitution established a relationship between the people and the government based on the principle of ______________.

• consent of the governed

• justice

• natural rights

• separation of powers

Which of the following is an example of separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Branches of Government

• 1st Amendment