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The Enlightenment & American Democracy (Notes and 3.3)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which influential philosopher believed in the freedom of expression?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Voltaire

2.

Those who favored the ratification of the Constitution were called:

a)

Federalists

b)

Shaysites (for Daniel Shays)

c)

Ratifiers

d)

Magna Carta

3.

By definition Federalism means:

a)

a system of checks and balances.

b)

a sharing of power between the senate and the house.

c)

a sharing of power between the federal and state government.

d)

all of the above

4.

Antifederalists criticized the constitution because...

a)

it was too long to read.

b)

it gave the states too much power

c)

it lacked a bill of rights

d)

it would lead to disorder like Shays's Rebellion.

5.

The Constitutional Convention was held in ...

a)

New York

b)

Boston

c)

Philadelphia

d)

None of the above

6.

The separation of powers, a key component of the Constitution, comes from the writings of Montesquieu in...

a)

The Spirit of Laws

b)

The Goblet of Fire

c)

Common Sense

d)

The Magna Carta

7.

Which plan for the blueprint of the constitution put forth that the number of representatives (in both houses) should be proportional (to the size of the population in each state)?

a)

The Virginia Plan

b)

The New Jersey Plan

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

Dancing with the Stars

8.

People who supported the Constitution were called...

a)

Loyalist

b)

Federalists

c)

Antifederalists

d)

Bob

9.

Which of these gifted American political thinkers supported the ratification of the Constitution?

a)

John Jay

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

All of the above

10.

Who said: " Kings can be overthrown if they violate peoples' natural rights"?

a)

Locke

b)

Beccaria

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire