Civics Unit 1 Test

Who were the 2nd and 3rd Presidents of the United States?

• George Washington and James Madison
• Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant
• John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Direct Democracy

• A system of government where citizens vote on laws and policies directly.
• A government system where representatives vote on behalf of citizens.
• A political system where decisions are made by a small group of elites.
• A form of government where laws are made by a single ruler.

Which basic principle of government is represented by this statement.  People are the source of all government power.

• rule of law
• representative government
• consent of the governed
• federalism

• Wrote: Leviathan

• Theory: Social Contract

• People give up freedom in exchange for protection from government.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Which founding father made the picture of the Boston Massacre showing the British firing on an unarmed crowd?

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• June 4, 1776
• July 4, 1783
• August 2, 1776
• July 4, 1776

Federal system of government

• A federal system of government divides power between national and regional (state) authorities.

• A federal system allows for no division of powers between levels of government.
• A federal system eliminates regional governments entirely.
• A federal system centralizes power in a single national authority.

Which of the following accurately defines rule of law?

• "We are a nation of laws, not of men."
• "No one is above the law, no one is below the law.
• Everyone is held accountable to the law.
• all of the above

What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention.

• To maintain the status quo of the Articles of Confederation.
• To draft a new Bill of Rights for individual freedoms.
• To establish a monarchy in the United States.
• To create a stronger federal government and address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

First law of the land of the U.S.

Went into effect in 1781

Created a loose confederation of states

• Federalist Papers
• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution of the United States