1st Semester Check-In

In the United States, government power is divided between the national and state governments. This means the United States has

• a federal system of government.

• 
  a republican system of government.

• a government based on rule of law.

• a government based on natural rights.

What right does the First Amendment protect?

• the right to own property

• the right to have a lawyer

• the right to a jury trial

• the right to free speech

What is a responsibility of all citizens in a republic such as the United States?

• They vote on all new laws.

• They enforce the country's laws.

• They remove government leaders.

• 
  They elect the government's leaders.

Multiple Choice Question

Who runs the government in a republic such as the United States?

• a royal family

• 
  military leaders

• elected officials

• a religious body

Which question was resolved by the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• Should Congress be able to regulate slavery?

• Should states be allowed to collect income tax?

• Should slaves be counted as part of a state's population?

• Should Supreme Court justices be elected or appointed?

What role did King George III play in the outbreak of the American Revolution?

• He declared war on the colonies because they threatened to invade Great Britain.

• He declared war on the colonies because they refused to trade with with Great Britain.

• He failed to protect the colonists from attack, leading them to declare their independence from Great Britain.

• He violated the natural rights of the colonists, leading them to declare their independence from Great Britain.

The Sugar Act angered the colonists mostly because they did not agree with ___________.

• The Proclamation of 1763.

• The French and Indian War.

• England's ability to rule the colonies.

• Taxation without representation.

On December 16, 1773, 342 crates of tea were tossed into the Boston Harbor in an act of rebillion. This act is now known as___________________.

• The Boston Rebellion

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• The Great Tea Act

What was the 1765 Stamp Act?

• A new tax placed on every piece of paper used by the colonists.

• A new tax placed on tea from Great Britain

• A new law that forced colonists to return to Britain.

• A new law that forced colonists to work at the Post Office.

The actions of the minutemen at the Battles of Lexington and Concord showed the British that _____________________.

• The colonist were organized and professional fighters

• Colonist were willing to stand up to England

• The colonial army was weak.

• The British were going to win the war