EOC Review Part 1: US History Florida

How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation?

• All persons who passed a literacy test could now vote

• All African-Americans could now vote

• All foreign citizens could now vote

• All women could now vote

Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?

• passing a U.S. history and government exam

• working in the U.S. for at least five years

• being born to American parents

• serving in the U.S. military

How does rule of law affect U.S. government officials and institutions?

• It holds government officials and institutions accountable to the law

• It requires government officials and institutions to create new laws.

• It prevents government officials and institutions from making their work public.

• It ensures government officials and institutions are exempt from laws

Which characteristic serves as a long-term protection against tyranny and is a foundation of liberty in the United States?

• The commerce clause

• The elastic clause

• The right to a trial

• The rule of law

The passage below is from the Declaration of Independence (1776).

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.

Which earlier thinker influence the reasoning of this passage?

• John Locke

• King George III

• George Washington

• Baron Montesquieu

Why did Montesquieu believe the powers of the government should be separated?

• It would keep government leaders from becoming too powerful

• Because of divine right, government should be separated into more than one branch

• Because Locke's social contract stated that government by one ruler went against natural law

• Because running a government was too much for one person to handle

What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's views on the separation of powers?

• It could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.

• It could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.

• It could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.

• It could lower judicial power to a level of equality with legislative and executive power.

A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

Read the conversation below. Which colonial principal is being discussed.

Doug: I believe in making laws only when everyone can participate in public decision making.

Nicole: I disagree with you; it is best for laws to be made by the people who have been chosen for that purpose.

• Limited Monarch

• Self-government

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

Which document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights