Civics Unit I Test Review

the country from which the U.S. has borrowed many of its ideas

• France

• England

• Canada

• Germany

the first document to limit a king's power; served as a contract between the king and the people

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

How are the English Bill of Rights and the U.S. Bill of Rights similar?

• No right to bear arms

• No freedom of religion

• No free speech

• No cruel/unusual punishment

What were characteristics of our founding fathers?

• white, wealthy, educated

• lower income, less educated, laborers

• female, educated, middle class

• male, farmers, less educated

When was the DOI written?

• 1745

• 1800

• 1776

• 1789

Why were the Articles of Confederation NOT successful?

• 1. 1. Congress did not exist

  2. 2. the president had too much power

  3. 3. judges were corrupt

• 1. did not give power to the central government (no chief executive)
  2. gave the central government no power to tax
  3. Congress could not settle disputes between colonies

• 1. 1. gave the government too much power

  2. 2. gave the government too much money

  3. 3. limited free speech

• 1. 1. was too much like England's government

  2. 2. did not give the states any rights

  3. 3. confused the public

Which document was adopted after the Articles of Confederation failed?

• The Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Common Sense

What was the "big state" plan that based a state's representation on population (similar to the House of Representatives)

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• New Jersey

• Nebraska

Which plan based a state's representation on an equal number of representatives (similar to the Senate)

• Mississippi

• New Jersey

• Virginia

• New York

Would only sign the Constitution if the Bill of Rights was included; wanted a weak national government and a strong state government; small farmers, laborers, rural

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists