Quarter 2 Review

Which document contains these words? (Use the quote below and your knowledge of Social Studies to answer this question) ". . . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . ."

• Mayflower Compact

• Treaty of Paris

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

What was the basic idea stated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

• The power to govern a nation comes from the people

• People should always follow their government

• America must have a Constitutional Convention

• Slavery must end in America

Which document is associated with these actions? • Statement of grievances committed by Britain • Statement of the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness • Establishment of the United States of America

• Albany Plan of Union

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution of the United States

Which document is characterized by these statements? • Congress could not levy and collect taxes. • Congress could not regulate interstate or foreign trade. • There was no national court system to settle disputes. • The thirteen separate states lacked national unity

• Albany Plan of Union

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution of the United States

Which feature of the Constitution prevents one branch of the national government from becoming too powerful?

• federal supremacy

• checks and balances

• electoral college

• elastic clause

Why were the first ten amendments added to the Constitution?

• to remove portions of the original Constitution

• to protect individual freedoms from governmental power

• to make changes in the election process

• to increase the power of the legislative branch

What do Federalists want?

• to have a strong central government

• to have a weak central government

• to have a strong state government

• to have a weak state government

Which political principle is shown in this chart?

• federalism

• separation of powers

• popular sovereignty

• judicial review

Which constitutional principle do these statements illustrate? • The president appoints new members to the Supreme Court. • The Senate must approve presidential appointments to the Supreme Court. • The Supreme Court can declare laws made by Congress unconstitutional.

• flexibility

• federalism

• checks and balances

• 1. federal supremacy

Why did the authors of the United States Constitution include a system of checks and balances?

• to prevent any one branch of government from controlling the other branches

• to protect states against the power of the national government

• to guarantee respect for the freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights

  to protect the United States against foreign attacks

• to protect the United States against foreign attacks