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WorksheetsStandard 12.1 & 12.2 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After the Magna Carta was signed, what would the King have to do if he wanted to raise taxes?
a)
Issue a royal decree
b)
Have the people of England vote on the proposal
c)
Gain the approval of the barons
d)
Submit the tax hike to Parliament
2.
Before the Magna Carta, the King of England was most similar to:
a)
A tax collector
b)
The President of the United States
c)
An influential army general
d)
An all-powerful dictator
3.
Which American document was most influenced by the Magna Carta?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The US Constitution
c)
The Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The Sharon Statement
4.
In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch's power is:
a)
Absolute
b)
Limited
c)
Nonexistent
d)
Arbitrary
5.
The king of what country was forced to sign the Magna Carta?
a)
France
b)
Denmark
c)
England
d)
Spain
6.
Who believes humans are born poor, nasty, brutish and short?
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
The English Monarchy
d)
Sir William Jones
7.
Which of the 13 original colonies did not attend the First Continental Congress?
a)
New York
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
8.
Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Boston
c)
Annapolis
d)
Baltimore
9.
What was the first organizing document of the new United States government?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Articles of Confederation
10.
Why did Shays lead a rebellion against the government?
a)
Shays wanted to become President of the new nation
b)
Shays was angry about women getting the vote
c)
Shays wanted to halt government seizure of land and the use of debtors prisons
d)
Shays was a loyalist who wanted to return to rule by the English king
11.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
a)
Slave states only have to pay 3/5 the taxes as non-slave states
b)
Slave states get additional Congressional representation based on 3/5 of the slave population
c)
Individual states are permitted to cash in their pre-war currency for 3/5 of new federal dollars
d)
Only 3/5 of the states need to vote for any new law in order for the bill to pass
12.
Who led the farmers against the government of Massachusetts?
a)
Daniel Shays
b)
the Government
c)
all of the farmers were leaders
d)
Thomas Hobbes
13.
Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against
a)
unfair taxes and farmer debt
b)
the death penalty
c)
no judicial system
d)
debtors' prisons
14.
Which group did not like the amount of power the new Constitution gave the government?
a)
Anti-Federalists
b)
Federalists
c)
Democrats
d)
Tea Party
15.
This setup 3 branches of government, a Senate, and a House of Representatives
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Three-Fifths Compromise
c)
New Jersey Plan
d)
The Great Compromise
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