American Government Quiz

Who believed that people are born 'wicked' and need a strong government to keep them in control?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does the term 'Popular Sovereignty' mean?

• Government power resides in the people

• Government power resides in the monarchy

• Government power resides in the military

• Government power resides in the aristocracy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of the Separation of Powers?

• To combine the branches of government

• To keep the branches of government separate and balanced

• To give all power to the executive branch

• To eliminate the legislative branch

What was the Articles of Confederation a precursor to?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Emancipation Proclamation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did the Great Compromise create?

• A unicameral legislature

• A bicameral legislature

• A tricameral legislature

• A quadricameral legislature

What is the power of Judicial Review?

• To review and declare acts of other branches of government invalid

• To create new laws

• To enforce laws

• To veto laws

What is the first step in how a bill becomes a law?

• The bill is introduced

• The bill is drafted

• The bill goes to committee

• The bill goes to the president

What is the president's ability to override a law passed by Congress called?

• Veto

• Judicial Review

• Impeachment

• Ratification

What was the movement to end slavery called?

• Abolition

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Reconstruction

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850?

• To allow residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery

• To interpret or find meanings in information

• To return escaped slaves to their owners

• To describe the writer's personal findings

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5