Unit 2 Review

Which of the idea's from Ancient Greece were the Founders infuenced by? (More than one answer)

• Polis

• Civic Participartion

• Written constitutions

• Separation of Powers

Name an idea that ties to America's founding ideas on law and government.

• Collective ownership of means of production

• Rejection of modernism

• Equality for all

• Central planning

Identify an impact the Mayflower Compact had on colonists' views of government.

• No excessive punishments

• Due process of law

• Consent of the Governed

• Representative Self-Government

What idea did the Founding Father's use from John Locke?

• Right to a speedy trial

• Separation of powers

• Habeas corpus

• Natural law

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us Identify the British policy that ignited this colonial response.

Which British Act led to the colonists complaining about the statement above?

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

Identify a weakness of the Articles of Confederation.

• the thirteen colonies worked together

• Rules for trading between states were in place

• Congress had no power to enforce its laws; No executive Branch

• Each state could have an influence

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

What is the purpose of this part of the Preamble in the U.S. Constitution?

• to describe the branches of the federal government

• to explain the need for a separation of powers

• to create the supreme law of the land

• to establish the six goals of the US government

Which statements gives an Anti-Federalists viewpoint? (select more than one answer)

• We need a Bill of Rights to Guarantee the Rights of the common citizen.

• "The Constitution takes rights away from the states."

• "The Constitution is necessary to bind our nation together."

• "The nation is not as important as the individual states are."

Which was NOT, NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation revealed by Shay's Rebellion?

(There are 3 weaknesses of the articles displayed and one choice that isn't a weakness.)

• No Power to Raise or Collect Taxes

• No National Army or Power to Enforce Laws

• Showed how a right to bear arms could be dangerous

• Lack of a Central government creating disorganization among the states

In the United States Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison the Chief Justice explained in his opinion the following.

Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.

Which Constitutional principle is the Chief Justice referring to

• Checks and balances

• Rule of Law

• due process of law

• individual rights