Benchmark #4

Which of the following examples best describe mercantilism?

• The use of merchants to trade with everyone available.

• Housing a large estate with many workers to grow crops.

• A movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason and Science.

• the British mainland using the goods and colonies only for their own benefits.

This image created by Paul Revere illustrated which dramatic event that angered many American colonists.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The French and Indian War

Which of the following statements correctly describes the Legislative Branch of our national government?

• The Supreme Court contains nine judges that have the responsibility of determining if laws follow the rules set in the U.S. Constitution

• The General Assembly of the United States includes the President and the Senate which only has 100 members.

• The branch that has the ability to create laws without the approval of the other branches of our government, but only when one political party controls both houses of our Congress.

• The branch that includes Congress and is easily the largest branch with more than 535 members that debate and vote to pass laws.

The Founding Fathers of our nation were wise enough to create a government that could not become more powerful than "We the People". Which of the following statements describes how they were about to accomplish this.

• Our Founding Fathers included rules in the Articles of Confederation that limited the number of votes powerful and wealthy citizens had on important elections in our nation.

• Our U.S. Articles of Confederation limited the power that the government has by requiring the wealthy to vote on every law when it is being debated.

• Our Founding Fathers made sure that our nation was divided into at least two political parties, called the Republicans and Democrats.

• Our U. S. Constitution created a system of checks and balances where the separate branches must work together in order to enforce, create, and interpret laws.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the Judicial Branch of our national government?

• The Judicial Branch typically includes Congress and is easily the largest branch with more than 535 members that debate bills and votes to pass laws.

• The General Assembly of the United States includes the Presicent and the Senate which only has 100 members.

• The Military Branch has the ability to create laws without the approval of the other branches of our government, but only when one political party controls both Houses of our Congress.

• The Supreme Court contains nine judges that have the responsibility of determining if laws follow the rules set in the U.S. Constitution.

The Illinois Territory was created after the American Revolution by ___________, and would later become a state in _____?

• The Illinois Treaty, 1775

• The Northwest Ordinance, 1818

• The Kaskaskia-Springfield Declaration, 1922

• The Frontier Agreement, 1973

Which of the following scenarios best resembles the "Spoils System"?

• "Spoiling" your congressional district with gifts after being elected.

• The early 1800s trade of nearly spoiled fruit to rural communities.

• Judges unfairly awarding trial victories to members of their political party.

• Unfailry giving government jobs to your supporters.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This quote is found in the….

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Constitution (First Amendment)

What was the name of the lands that the United States acquired that included California and New Mexico?

• Flordia Cession

• Texas Annexation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

Which of the following statements about the U.S. government is FALSE?

• Membership in the House of Representatives is based on a states population.

• No matter the population, each state receives two Senators in the U.S. Senate.

• Congress, which is the Legislative Branch, has the power to create bills and pass laws

• The Speaker of the House has the power to veto laws and enforce laws.