American Government Quiz

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

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

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

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

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

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

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

Supported the idea of a strong federal government

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

• Federalists

• Democrats

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

This document replaced the Articles of Confederation and created the current three branch government that we use today.

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

This document addressed the need for government in the Northwest Territory and established precedents for the future governing of the United States.

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

The first ten amendments to the Constitution were known as

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• Enlightenment