American Government Quiz

American Government Quiz

11th Grade

14 Qs

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American Government Quiz

American Government Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Other

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amy Odell

FREE Resource

14 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document provided a government with three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial?

Declaration of Independence

Bill of Rights

Articles of Confederation

Constitution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution used the principles of which historical period?

Enlightenment

Renaissance

Scientific Revolution

Industrial Revolution

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This document gave too much power to the states and not enough power to the federal government.

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Northwest Ordinance

Constitution

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Feared a strong federal government, arguing that it would become like an absolute monarchy or dictatorship if given too much power.

Federalists

Republicans

Anti-Federalists

Anarchists

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When individuals consent to surrender some of their rights or freedoms and submit to an authority in exchange for that authority protecting the individuals remaining rights or freedoms, it is known as

a social contract

a republic

the writ of habeas corpus

a monarchy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Supported the idea of a strong federal government

Anti-Federalists

Republicans

Federalists

Democrats

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are sources that the Bill of Rights derived (borrowed) from except

the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights

the ideas and principles of the Enlightenment

the experiences of the American colonists in dealing with the British government

the Articles of Confederation

the national debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists about ratification of the Constitution

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