Civics Topic 2 + 3 Assessment Review

Which of the following were most similar?

• The Mayflower Compact and John Locke’s social contract theory

• The English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine’s

  Common Sense

• Magna Carta and Montesquieu’s separation of powers

• the Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu’s separation of powers

The statements shown are from three of the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta (1215)

• The Mayflower Compact (1620)

• The English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Montesquieu’s

  Spirit of the Laws

  (1784)

Which describes an impact of Magna Carta on the American colonists in the 1770s?

• They believed they could not be taxed without their consent.

• They believed they could not be governed by a far-away island.

• They favored a separation of the powers of government into different

  branches.

• They thought they had the right to overthrow a king who did not protect

  their rights.

What was the main purpose of the tar-and-feathering shown in this British caricature of the colonists?

• to protest their being taxed without their consent

• to protest the high cost of British manufactured goods

• to protest British involvement in the French and Indian War

• to protest the quartering of troops in colonists’ own homes

The passage shown comes from the Declaration of Independence (1776).

Which section of the Declaration contained this passage?

• its theory of government based on a social contract

• its justification of the conduct of the colonists

• its list of colonial grievances

• its announcement of American independence from Britain

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation was addressed by the Constitution?

• the lack of a national court system

• the continuation of slavery

• the absence of a balanced budget

• the need to strengthen the power of the states

This illustration shows Captain Daniel Shays.

Why did his rebellion send a wave of fear among wealthy merchants and landowners?

• Officers worried about losing their back pay.

• Shays planned to take money from the rich and give it to the poor.

• There was no national army to put down domestic unrest if it spread.

• Bankers and other lenders feared the loss of loans to their national

  government.

What was one of the Anti-Federalists’ strongest arguments against the Constitution?

• It did not include a list of protected rights for individuals.

• The new central government would be too dependent on the states.

• It did not create a national executive.

• The new central government would be too weak to protect American

  interests abroad.

Montesquieu's influence on U.S. government

• natural rights
• Separation of Powers
• Social Contract
• Theocracy

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings