Unit 2: Government Test

The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:

• demand freedom of speech and of the press.
• strengthen colonial ties with England.
• establish a basic set of laws for the United States
• state the reasons for the American separation from Britain

What is the major difference between a direct democracy and Republicanism (representative democracy)?

• There is no difference between the two types of democracy.
• 
  A direct democracy is possible only if citizens participate, whereas in a representative democracy, citizen participation is unnecessary.
• In a direct democracy citizens themselves make decisions, whereas in a representative democracy citizens have intermediaries who make decisions for them.
• The only major difference between the two is that direct democracies have been around longer than representative democracies.

What was the USA's first government?

• Continental Congress

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

What plan advocated for small states at the Constitutional Convention?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• North Carolina Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

What plan advocated for larger populated states?

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• North Carolina Plan

• Pennsylvania Plan

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

• National government didn't have the power to tax

• They didn't fail

• National government taxed too much

• The National government had too much power

Supporters of the Constitution.

• Federalist
• Anti federalist

People who were against ratification (approval) of the Constitution.

• Federalist
• Anti federalist

What is the proper order for when the following documents were passed?

• Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, Constitution

• Constitution, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution

The 3/5th Compromise was the Constitutional Conventions solution to which of the following issues?

• How to count population representation per each state.

• How to count slaves towards state representation

• Whether slavery should continue to exist as an institution

• Whether the executive branch should have one President or more