Review for Unit 2

Identify a way Judeo-Christian influenced America's constitutional republic.

• Legislative bodies

• Written constitution

• Separation of powers

• Personal responsibility

Read the list: - Ran by religious leaders - Government claims to be divinely blessed - No separation of church and state Which form of government is best described by the list?

• Autocracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

Identify a principle that underlies America’s founding ideas on law and government.

• Central planning

• Due process of law

• Elimination of income gaps

• Abolition of private property

What is a disadvantage of a confederal system of government?

• There are no state or local governments in a confederal system.

• A strong central government reserves very few rights for the people.

• Confederal systems must achieve unanimous consent to overturn any laws.

• A weak central government makes confederations more likely to break apart.

Read the list: - Majority rule - Individual freedom - Equality under the law Which form of government is best described by the list?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

What is a disadvantage of a confederal system of government?

• There are no state or local governments in a confederal system.

• A strong central government reserves very few rights for the people

• Confederal systems must achieve unanimous consent to overturn any laws.

• A weak central government makes confederations more likely to break apart.

Read the grievance from the Declaration of Independence.

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

Identify the British policy that ignited this colonial response.

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

Identify a colonial grievance identified in the Declaration of Independence.

• Dissolving the office of the President of the United States

• Increasing judicial powers

• Renewal of trial by jury

• Quartering soldiers

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation was revealed by Shays' Rebellion?

• The state governments had too much power relative to the authority of the federal government.

• The federal government was unprepared to control violent protests without a national military force.

• The federal government needed to be able to replace state taxes with national taxes that were more fair.

• The state governments needed a way to punish the people responsible for the rebellion in a federal court.

Identify a purpose of the national government as set forth in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

• To declare independence from Great Britain

• To appoint diplomats to other countries

• To issue and establish currency

• To promote the general welfare