Articles of Confed. and the Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following did NOT develop the core principles of the United States Constitution?

• Ancient Greek philosophers

• Enlightenment thinkers

• Monarchs from European countries

• Other political thinkers of the founders' time

Which of the following compromises, related to the issue of slavery, was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution?

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following was NOT an example of how the Founding Fathers used the Magna Carta as a starting point for the Declaration of Independence?

• That all citizens should enjoy the same rights and liberties

• That the U.S. government should be restricted in what it could and couldn’t do

• That the government should have the power to impose unlimited taxes without consent

• That everyone, including the country's leaders, should live by a set of laws that were written down and couldn’t be broken

Which Enlightenment thinker’s ideas were most directly used by Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence?

• Montesquieu, who advocated for the separation of powers

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who believed in popular sovereignty and the social contract

• John Locke, who believed in natural rights and the right to change government

• Voltaire, who championed freedom of speech and religion

How did the concept of the social contract influence the Declaration of Independence?

• It argued that all government power should come from an enlightened despot

• It emphasized that the government gets its power from the people and must protect their rights

• It established that government power comes from a divine right of kings

• It claimed that governments should be permanent and unchangeable

True or False: The oldest functioning democracy in North America comes from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a union of Native American nations.

• True

• False

Which of the following influenced the U.S. Constitution by including principles such as popular sovereignty, separation of powers, and checks and balances?

• The French Revolution

• The British monarchy

• State constitutions

• The Confederate States of America

Why was the Articles of Confederation considered a "not good" form of government?

• It gave too much power to the president

• It had a two-house legislature that couldn’t make decisions

• It had no president and couldn’t enforce laws

• It allowed too much taxation by the central government

What power did the Articles of Confederation lack that hurt the ability of the national government?

• The ability to tax

• The ability to declare war

• The power to elect officials

• The power to create laws

What was one of the successes of the Articles of Confederation?

• It created the Bill of Rights which protects our civil rights and civil liberties

• It avoided conflicts with Native Americans and the British government

• It passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, allowing new states to be created

• It established the Constitution which is the basis for our government today