Economic and Political Systems Quiz

What is the economic system where private individuals own and control property and businesses?

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

What is the term that describes a drastic change in the economy, where the primary means of production shifted from the home to factories?

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• Digital Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

What was the period of feminist activity during the 19th and early 20th century focused on securing women's right to vote called?

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Renaissance

This was the first formal meeting in which activists discussed women’s rights in 1848.

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Women's March on Versailles

• National Women's Rights Convention

• Suffrage Parade of 1913

What is the process called where political officials, laws, or other decisions are selected by majority vote of the populace?

• Election

• Appointment

• Nomination

• Selection

What term refers to the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives?

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Judicial Review

• Separation of Powers

What is the term for the legal ability to vote for women?

• Suffrage

• Emancipation

• Prohibition

• Abolition

What was the package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What was the United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What was the Compromise of 1820 also known as?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act