UNIT 1: The Origins of American Democracy - Exam Practice

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that people are born with natural rights?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Hobbes

Montesquieu’s theory of government is BEST represented by which U.S. principle?

• Separation of powers

• Rule of Law

• Popular Sovereignty

• Natural Rights

Rousseau’s idea of the “general will” MOST influenced:

• Federalism

• Social Contract

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

Which Enlightenment writer MOST directly inspired women’s rights advocates?

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Wollstonecraft

• Tocqueville

Tocqueville’s warning about “tyranny of the majority” means:

• A king would overpower the people

• The courts would silence Congress

• The majority could silence minority rights

• The military could take control

The phrase “We the People” demonstrates which principle?

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

Which Enlightenment principle is MOST violated when Britain suspended colonial legislatures?

• Rationalism

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• Republicanism

Jefferson’s claim that people may “alter or abolish” bad governments reflects:

• Rationalism

• Federalism

• Social Contract

• Separation of Powers

Which grievance in the Declaration connects MOST to the 6th Amendment?

• Quartering soldiers

• Taxation without representation

• Trials held overseas without juries

• Suspending assemblies

Which colonial event BEST showed resistance to taxation without representation?

• Constitutional Convention

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War

• Whiskey Rebellion