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AH Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

collect taxes

b)

borrow money

c)

foreign affairs

d)

maintain armed forces

2.

Which was NOT a weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

issue currency

b)

court system

c)

regulating trade

d)

central leadership

3.

Congress had the power to settle state disputes under the Articles of Confederation.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What law allowed land buyers to make payments?

a)

Land Act of 1800

b)

NW Ordinance of 1787

c)

Land Buying Act of 1800

d)

Ordinance of 1785

5.

Shays's Rebellion was caused by farmers not being able to pay their taxes.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What did the U.S. realize due to Shays's Rebellion?

a)

A stronger government was needed

b)

The Articles of Confederation worked fine

c)

Government shouldn't tax its citizens

d)

Farmers couldn't sell crops

7.

White men were the only group included in the Constitutional Convention.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which plan presented at the Constitutional Convention called for one vote per state?

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5 Compromise

9.

Which of the following CREATED a bicameral legislature?

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

New Jersey Plan

d)

3/5 Compromise

10.

Which of the following stated part of the slave population counts toward representation?

a)

3/5 Compromise

b)

Slave Trade

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Virginia Plan

11.

Which of the following provided for the division of government powers?

a)

Separation of powers

b)

Social Contract

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Checks and balances

12.

Which of the following ideas came from the Magna Carta?

a)

Rule of law

b)

Limited government

c)

Due process

d)

Free speech

13.

Which of the following is an agreement between the government and its citizens?

a)

Social Contract

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Federalism

d)

Magna Carta

14.

John Locke had the idea of separation of powers.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Montesquieu had the idea of separation of powers.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Federalism is a division and sharing of powers between national and state governments.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The federal government has what type of powers?

a)

delegated

b)

reserved

c)

concurrent

d)

unlimited

18.

The Legislative Branch of government is headed by...

a)

Congress

b)

President

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Mayor

19.

The main job of the Judicial Branch is to ...

a)

interpret laws

b)

enforce laws

c)

make laws

d)

veto laws

20.

Which group supported ratifying the Constitution?

a)

Federalists

b)

Antifederalists

21.

Which group wanted local government power?

a)

Federalists

b)

Antifederalists

22.

Which group wanted a Bill of Rights?

a)

Federalists

b)

Antifederalists

23.

Which of the following means power of government lies with the people?

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

federalism

c)

checks and balances

d)

limited government

24.

Which of the following allows people to elect representatives?

a)

republic

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

separation of powers

d)

checks and balances

25.

Which of the following is a reserved power?

a)

schools

b)

taxing

c)

declare war

d)

regulate trade

26.

Which of the following is an enumerated power?

a)

declare war

b)

taxes

c)

schools

d)

establish courts

27.

How many states does it take to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?

a)

3/4

b)

2/3

c)

1/2

d)

all

28.

Which of the following is a citizen's duty?

a)

pay taxes

b)

volunteer

c)

vote

d)

obey laws

29.

Which branch of government has the power of judicial review?

a)

Judicial

b)

Executive

c)

Legislative

30.

Which branch of government is described in Article I of the Constitution?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

31.

Which branch of government has the Commander-in-Chief?

a)

Executive

b)

Legislative

c)

Judicial

32.

Which branch of government is described in Article II of the Constitution?

a)

Executive

b)

Legislative

c)

Judicial

33.

Which of the following are precedents established by George Washington?

a)

two term limit

b)

cabinet

c)

foreign policy

d)

court system

34.

Who was the first Secretary of State?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Marshall

d)

John Jay

35.

Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Jay

d)

Aaron Burr

36.

Jefferson agreed with the national bank.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The precedent set by the Whiskey Rebellion was that the government could use force to maintain order.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Which treaty allowed Americans use of the Mississippi River?

a)

Pinckney's Treaty

b)

Jay's Treaty

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Treaty of Neutrality

39.

Which political party wanted the national bank?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Whigs

d)

Republicans

40.

Who was the second president of the U.S.?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

James Monroe

41.

Who chooses the president if there is a tie in an election?

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Electoral College

c)

Senate

d)

the people

42.

Which Supreme Court case established the court's power of judicial review?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Fletcher v. Peck

43.

The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

44.

The Embargo Act of 1807 prohibited trade with only France and Great Britain.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The only government building burned during the War of 1812 was the White House.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

England

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

France

47.

Which of the following is NOT part of the free enterprise system?

a)

socialism

b)

profit

c)

competition

d)

private property

48.

What was the main highway that ran through the South called?

a)

Wilderness Road

b)

Cumberland Gap

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Warrior's Path

49.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that only Congress has the power over interstate commerce.

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Fletcher v. Peck

d)

Marbury v. Madison

50.

What agreement ended with Florida becoming a U.S. territory?

a)

Adams-Onis Treaty

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Treaty of Echota

d)

Pinckney's Treaty

51.

What foreign policy stated that Europe could no longer colonize in North and South America?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Alien and Sedition Act

52.

The expansion of voting rights and democracy occurred under which president?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Martin Van Buren

d)

James K. Polk

53.

Indian Territory was located in ...

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Texas

c)

Florida

d)

Georgia

54.

The forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia became known as...

a)

the Trail of Tears

b)

Worcester v. Georgia

c)

the Indian Removal Act

d)

Seminole Wars

55.

Which vice-president became president when William Henry Harrison died?

a)

John Tyler

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

James K. Polk

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

56.

What year did Florida become a state?

a)

1845

b)

1821

c)

1846

d)

1827

57.

What policy led to the annexation of Texas?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

c)

Free state v. slave state

d)

Mexican-American War

58.

What became the border between Mexico and the U.S.?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Nueces River

c)

the Alamo

d)

New Mexico

59.

What group established Utah?

a)

Mormons

b)

vigilantes

c)

forty-niners

d)

freed slaves

60.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Mexican-American War?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

border dispute

c)

Mexico wanted to reclaim Texas

d)

troops sent to Rio Grande

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