American Revolution and Constitution Quiz

All of the following issues were decided at the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT

• representation in the legislature

• Voting requirements for the electorate

• The establishment of three branches of government

• method of electing the President

Which of the following is argued by James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10?

• A system of republican representation helps to limit the excesses of factionalism

• Small republics are better able to ensure individual liberty than are large republics

• The presence of a few large factions helps to protect the rights of minorities

• Participatory democracy is the surest way to prevent tyranny

• The elimination of the causes of factionalism is the best protection against tyranny

Three-fifths of slaves were counted for purposes of

• Electing state legislatures

• Allotting seats in the House of Representatives

• Electing the president

• Allotting seats in the Senate

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to

• Prepare a new constitution

• Revise the Articles of Confederation

• Draft a Declaration of Independence from Great Britain

• Adopt a common state constitution

• Prepare a second revolution

Demands for representation in taxing and governing policies demonstrated the Founding Fathers insistence on this ideal of democracy?

• Republicanism

• Natural rights

• Popular sovereignty

• Social contract

This Enlightenment philosopher had the greatest influence on Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• John Locke

Which Founding Father was NOT part of the Drafting Committee for the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following ideals of government is best expressed in the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'?

• Republicanism

• Natural rights

• Popular sovereignty

• Social contract

What ideal of democracy is most represented in this sentence? 'That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,'

• Republicanism

• Natural rights

• Popular sovereignty

• Social contract

Which statement about the Constitution and slavery is true?

• The original Constitution freed the slaves because it proclaimed, 'all are created equal'

• The Constitution required counting slaves the same as counting whites to determine representation

• The Constitution expressly denied slaves and African Americans the right to vote

• The original Constitution limited Congress's regulation of the slave trade tilll 1808

• The Framers nearly abolished slavery at the Constitutional Convention