Governement Systems

Students were concerned about the number of traffic accidents on the street in front of their school. They created a document asking the county to put a traffic light in front of their school and got community members to sign it. Which right, guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, were students using?

• The right to a speedy trial.

• The right to freedom of religion.

• The right to petition.

• The right to bear arms.

Under the Virginia Plan the structure of the national government would have been changed by the creation of a/an

• unicameral legislature with an equal number of delegates from each state.

• bicameral legislature in which the number of delegates per state would be based on a states’ population.

• strong judiciary with sovereignty over the other two branches of government.

• executive office the leader of which would have sole control of the nation.

What determines how many members represent each state in the House of Representatives?

• the U.S. Census, a nationwide population count taken every ten years

• the U.S. Constitution, which assigned a fixed number of seats to each state

• apportionment, a system designed to keep the number of representatives at 435

• state tax revenues, which indicate how valuable a state’s voice is to the nation

The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to

• outline the powers held by each branch of government.

• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

• give the people an opportunity to control the branches of government.

• strengthen the powers held by each branch of government.

In general, (during this time period) Congress created departments in the executive branch to address what type of policy?

• foreign policy

• tax policy

• national policy

• economic policy

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall was to

• grant citizenship to free African Americans.

• draft a Constitution of the United States.

• distribute power equally among the states.

• revise the Articles of Confederation.

Study the map below and answer the question that follows.  According to the map, which of the following statements is true?

• The Northwest Territory was bounded on the south by the Ohio River.

• Michigan was the last northwestern territory to become a state.

• Indiana was the first northwestern territory to be surveyed.

• The Northwest Territory was divided in two by the Mississippi River.

During the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King used peaceful demonstrations to let the government know that America needed legislation or laws to protect everybody. Which scenario represents this idea?

• Dr. King is using his first amendment right of freedom of assembly.

• He is attending a meeting with the US Congress to discuss civil rights.

• He is in a rally to announce that he will be running for president.

• None of the above

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government” --In this quote Thomas Jefferson refers to the right to bear arms as a last resort. What can you conclude?

• Thomas Jefferson believes that freedom of speech is essential.

• People can use the second amendment in any circumstance.

• He believed that this amendment might be used to defend ourselves against bad governments.

• Thomas Jefferson was against the 2nd Amendment.

The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to

• strengthen the powers held by each branch of government.

• give the people an opportunity to control the branches of government.

• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

• outline the powers held by each branch of government.