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Review of Concepts "American History"

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Government divided into three branches is the principle of:

a)

Limited Government

b)

Republicanism

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Federalism

e)

Checks and Balances

2.

Making sure future citizens remain free and that rights and values are always protected.

a)

Forming a more perfect Union

b)

Securing the blessings of liberty

c)

Establishing Justice

d)

Promote general welfare

e)

Insure domestic tranquility

3.

Each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Republicanism

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Limited Government

e)

Separation of Powers

4.

The government has the responsibility to ensure peace and order at home.

a)

To form a more perfect union.

b)

To Insure domestic tranquility

c)

To promote the general welfare

d)

To provide for the common defense.

e)

To secure the blessings of liberty

5.

Citizens elect representatives to carry out their will.

a)

Federalism

b)

Limited Government

c)

Republicanism

d)

Individual Rights

e)

Popular Sovereignty

6.

All states should work together as a unified nation.

a)

To insure domestic tranquility.

b)

To establish justice.

c)

To promote the general welfare.

d)

To form a more perfect union.

e)

To secure the blessings of liberty.

7.

The government only has the powers the Constitution gives it.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Individual Rights

e)

Federalism

8.

Division of power (shared) between the federal government and the states.

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Federalism

c)

Limited Government

d)

Republicanism

e)

Popular Sovereignty

9.

The government has the responsibility to promote the well-being of all its citizens.

a)

To provide for the common defense.

b)

To secure the blessings of liberty.

c)

To promote the general welfare.

d)

To establish justice.

e)

To insure domestic tranquility

10.

Everyone should be treated fairly and equally under the law.

a)

To establish justice.

b)

To insure domestic tranquility.

c)

To form a more perfect union.

d)

To promote the general welfare.

e)

To secure the blessings of liberty.

11.

The people are the primary source of the governments power.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Republicanism

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Limited Government

e)

Popular Sovereignty

12.

The government has the responsibility to protect its citizens against foreign attack.

a)

To provide for the common defense.

b)

To insure domestic tranquility

c)

To promote the general welfare.

d)

To form a more perfect union.

e)

To establish justice.

13.

Constitution protects freedom of speech, religion, press, and trial by jury.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Limited Government

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Checks and Balances

e)

Republicanism

14.

The president of the United States has to follow the same laws as everyone else (RULE OF LAW)

a)

Limited Government

b)

Individual Rights

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Republicanism

15.
How many articles are in the US Constitution?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
9
16.

In which part of the US Constitution are the 6 goals explained?

a)
Article I
b)
Preamble
c)
Article II
d)
Article III
17.
For which branch is the President a part of?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
18.
Which branch is Congress a part of?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
19.
Which branch is the Supreme Court a part of?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
20.

Based on the US Constitution, the government is run by _________.

a)

The President

b)

Congress

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

"The People"

21.
What does Article I (1) establish?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Executive Branch
d)
Supremacy of the Constitution
22.
What does Article II (2) establish?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Executive Branch
d)
Supremacy of the Constitution
23.
What does Article III (3) establish?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Executive Branch
d)
Supremacy of the Constitution
24.
What does Article V (5) establish?
a)
The Constitution is Supreme
b)
How to amend the Constitution
c)
How to ratify the Constitution
d)
Relationships between the states
25.
A bill cannot become a law until it is
a)
approved by Congress and judged constitutional by the Supreme Court.
b)
proposed by the president and approved by Congress.
c)
approved by Congress and signed by the president.
d)
proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.
26.
"Our Posterity" is our
a)
ancestors.
b)
parents.
c)
brothers and sisters.
d)
descendants.
27.

The individual's right to vote.

a)

reserved powers

b)

ratify

c)

suffrage

d)

succession

28.

Related to choosing the president of the USA

a)

double jeapordy

b)

Electoral College

c)

due process of law

d)

ratify

29.

The main job of the Legislative Branch (congress) is to

a)
Make laws
b)
Interpret the constitutionality of laws
c)
Enforce laws
d)
Veto laws
30.

What is the supreme law of the land?

a)

the US Constitution

b)

the Articles of Confederation

c)

the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

the Declaration of Independence

31.

What is an amendment?

a)

a change to the Constitution

b)

a preamble to the Constitution

c)

an explanation of the Bill of Rights

d)

an introduction to the Bill of Rights

32.
How did Jefferson double the size of the United States in 1803?
a)
The Louisiana Purchase
b)
The purchase of California
c)
The Treaty of Ghent
33.
What did Jefferson do to punish the British for Impressing American sailors?
a)
The Embargo Act
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Sugar Act
34.
President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from what French Emperor?
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Andre the Giant
c)
Charles de Gaulle
d)
Bonjour Cradle
35.
Francis Scott Key wrote the words to a famous song during the War of 1812,  What was the song?
a)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
b)
The Star Spangled Banner
c)
America the Beautiful
36.
The place on a continent that separates river systems flowing in opposite directions
a)
Continental Divide
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Fault Line
37.

Giving government jobs to friends or political backers is called

a)

Jacksonian Democracy

b)

Spoils system

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Hooking it up!

38.

To leave or withdraw

a)

secede

b)

peace out

c)

Jacksonian Democracy

d)

spoils system

39.

A tariff is a tax on _______ goods

a)

imported

b)

exported

40.
What federal legislation moved Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River, west?
a)
Indian Reorganization Act
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Indian Removal Act
41.

Before Andrew Jackson was elected president, there was a growing belief that the _____ were too powerful.  This happens again when TEDDY Roosevelt becomes president after the gilded age.

a)
wealthy
b)
British
c)
women
42.
Certificate that promises to repay the money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date.
a)
national debt
b)
speculator
c)
bond
d)
tariff
43.
An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
a)
precedent
b)
president
c)
cabinet
d)
revolution
44.
Neutral means
a)
playing both sides
b)
taking the opposing side
c)
not taking a side in a conflict
d)
relationship conflict
45.

This gentleman: was tall and lanky, wealthy Virginian planter, who dressed and spoke informally. He was a president who saw the nation as small farms that were self sufficient.

a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
46.
Jefferson's supporters called themselves the _________________, this group included small farmers, artisans and some wealthy planters.
a)
Democratic Republicans
b)
Federalists
c)
Anti-Federalists
d)
Democrats
47.
Contrary to what is permitted by the Constitution (breaks the law of the Constitution)
a)
constitutional
b)
unconstitutional
c)
lawful
d)
legal
48.
President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine. What did it say?
a)
Child Labor is illegal
b)
European countries may not start new colonies in the Americas
c)
Native Americans cannot be pushed off their land
49.

Which amendments were known as the Civil war or reconstruction amendments

a)

1,2,3

b)

9,10, 11

c)

13,14,15

50.

Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

a)

The Northern free states

b)

The Southern slave states

c)

California

d)

The states in New England

51.
What is a TEXTILE?
a)
A type of wood
b)
A cloth
c)
A ceramic tyle

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