Government Exam

Which type of government was practiced by the citizens of ancient Greece?

• theocracy

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

in Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued what?

• America was to dependent on British trade

• foreign countries would reject the new United States

• the American colonies should break away from England

• the british government would be impossible to overthrow

The writings of John Locke, Jean jacques Rousseau, and baron de Montesquieu are important in United States history because they

• influenced the authors of the declaration of independence and the constitution

• opposed the use of slaves in the United States

• encouraged the formation of political parties

• supported the right of the king raise taxes

What document did John locke's social contract theory most influence

• sedition Act of 1798

• treaty of paris

• declaration of independence

• albany plan of union

In colonial America, the mayflower compact and town hall meetings led to what?

• the end of American slavery

• beginnings of representative government in the colonies

• regulation of trade with Native Americans

• protection of the womens' rights

The main reasons the Articles of Confederation failed was what?

• it delclared peaceful political protests were illegal

• the national government did not have enough power to govern well

• placed too many restrictions on state governments

• there was no national Congress

The authors of the declaration of independence believed the phase "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" identified what type of rights?

• legal rights

• economic rights

• natural rights

• states rights

The basic rights of the people were FIRST set out in what?

• the Civil War Amendments

• the 19th Amendment

• the Bill of Rights

• the Equal Rights Amendment

In order to help ratify the Us Constituion, supporters agreed to do what?

• set up the Electoral College

• admit new states to the Union

• add the Bill of Rights

• give the US Senate the power to ratify treaties with other countries

Which two groups debated the ratification of the new US Constituion?

• democratic party and republic party

• fedaralists and anti- federalists

• the executive branch and the judicial branch

• loyalists and Tories