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Final Exam Review Part II

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary aim or purpose of the writers of the US Constitution?

(Check all that apply)

a)

To Strengthen the powers of the central government

b)

To make amends with the British Parliament

c)

To correct the mistakes of the Articles of Confederation

d)

To avoid entanglements in foreign affairs

2.

The division and balance of power between the state and federal (national) government is called...

a)

Separation of powers

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Federalism

3.

Settled the question of representation in Congress

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The 3/5ths Compromise

4.

The goals of the Constitution are stated in the

a)

amendments

b)

grievances

c)

preamble

d)

ratification

5.

Job of the Judicial Branch?

a)

makes the laws

b)

interprets the laws

c)

enforces the laws

6.

Job of the Legislative Branch?

a)

makes the laws

b)

interprets the laws

c)

enforces the laws

7.

Job of the Executive Branch?

a)

makes the laws

b)

interprets the laws

c)

enforces the laws

8.

Which are the three branches of government?

(Check all that apply)

a)

Legislative

b)

Federalist

c)

Executive

d)

Judicial

9.
The powers of the national government are separated into different branches to -
a)
increase the government's power
b)
allow the government to do whatever it wants
c)
give some powers to the states
d)
prevent an abuse of power
10.
The U.S. Constitution divides the governments power into __ branches.
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
8
11.
The legislative branch is made up of ___.
a)
federal courts
b)
Congress
c)
magistrates
d)
departments and agencies
12.
The exective branch is led or headed by the ___.
a)
Justices
b)
Senators
c)
President
d)
Represenatives 
13.
The judicial branch is made up ___.
a)
departments and agencies 
b)
lobbyists
c)
electors
d)
federal courts
14.
The highest court in the land is the ___.
a)
U.S. District Court
b)
U.S. Ciricuit Court
c)
U.S. Supreme Court
d)
U.S. Appeallate Court
15.

Congress is divided into two parts, the _____________ and the _______________.

a)

Senate and House of Burgesses

b)

White House and Senate

c)

President and Vice-President

d)

Senate and House of Representatives

16.

One branch has the power to keep another branch of government from becoming too powerful is called?

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Limited Government

d)

Constitutional Government

17.

Dividing the government into 3 specific branches is called?

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

The Elastic Clause

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Separation of Powers

18.

Which image clearly represents separation of powers?

a)
b)
c)
19.

The power to declare an action unconstitutional

a)

Judicial review

b)

Elastic Clause

c)

Unwritten Constitution

d)

Ratify

20.

The US Supreme Court case that established the power of Judicial Review

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Marbury v. Madison

21.

Which of the following best defines federalism?

a)

Some powers belong to the federal government, and some belong to the state government

b)

All power is held by the state

c)

All powers are held by the central government

d)

A type of government that is ruled by a king

22.

How does the Constitution begin?

a)

When in the Course of human events...

b)

We hold these truths to be self-evident...

c)

We the people...

d)

Four score and seven years ago...

23.

What solved the problem over southern representation in the US Congress?

a)

The 3/5ths Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Great Compromise

d)

The Missouri Compromise

24.
What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
a)
Elect school board members.
b)
Provide opportunities for kids to attend school.
c)
Elect the President of the United States.
d)
Select a baseball team to play in the College World Series.
25.

The bigger the ___________________ of a state the more electoral votes a state receives.

a)

size

b)

strength

c)

population

d)

mass

26.

Why was the Electoral College created?

a)

The judgement of the common people was not trusted; safety net

b)

To complicate the election

c)

To protect the candidates

d)

No one knows for sure

27.
1st Amendment
a)
Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
b)
No illegal searches and seizures
c)
The right to bear arms
d)
No quartering troops
28.

How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?

a)

The added the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments)

b)

They outlawed cruel and unusual punishment.

c)

Ensured due process of the law.

d)

The Federalists threatened the Anti-Federalists to war.

29.

Traditions that started and remained, but are not written in the Constitution

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Unwritten Constitution

c)

Elastic Clause

d)

Amendment

30.

The ability to broaden or stretch the powers of Congress

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Unwritten Constitution

c)

Elastic Clause

d)

Amendment

31.

To officially pass or approve (a bill to a law, the Constitution, etc.)

a)

Ratify

b)

Unwritten Constitution

c)

Elastic Clause

d)

Amendment

32.

An official count of the population by the government every ten years

a)

Ratify

b)

Unwritten Constitution

c)

Census

d)

Amendment

33.

Which of the following are precedents set by Washington?

(Check all that apply)

a)

Use of the elastic clause

b)

Creating a cabinet

c)

Serving for only two terms

d)

Reciting the Gettysburg Address

34.

What were the 3 parts of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan?

(Check all that apply)

a)

Create a national bank

b)

Embargo Act

c)

Whiskey Tax

d)

Protective tariff

35.

The Louisiana Purchase...

(Check all that apply)

a)

Doubled the size of the country

b)

Included the port of New Orleans

c)

Was bought from France

d)

Cost 15 million $

36.

Who explored the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

The Donner Party

b)

Turcinovic and Co.

c)

Barodin and Bracco

d)

Lewis and Clark

37.

What territory is this?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Louisiana Purchase

38.

What territory shown in orange?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Louisiana Purchase

39.

What territory is this?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Louisiana Purchase

40.

What territory is this?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Louisiana Purchase

41.

What territory is this?

a)

13 Colonies

b)

Oregon

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

42.

What territory is this?

a)

13 Colonies

b)

Oregon

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

43.

What territory is shown in purple?

a)

13 Colonies

b)

Oregon

c)

Spanish Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

44.

Name the geographical feature

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mississippi River

45.

Name the geographical feature

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mississippi River

46.

Name the geographical feature

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mississippi River

47.

Name the geographical feature

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mississippi River

48.

Created to prevent further problems with Britain & France, such as impressment, but caused trade to decrease!

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Manifest Destiny

49.

Which of the following were causes of the War of 1812?

(Check all that apply)

a)

Impressment

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

More land/fishing rights

d)

British were arming the Native Americans

50.

Which of the following were results of the War of 1812?

(Check all that apply)

a)

nationalism

b)

War Hawks

c)

Industry prospered

d)

New boundaries

51.

US demonstrated strength and control by warning European nations not to interfere with Americas

a)

Spoils System

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Embargo Act

52.

How did Jackson abuse his Presidential power?

(check all that apply)

a)

Spoils System

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Veto of National Bank

53.

Appointing friends, political supporters and family to jobs

regardless of ability or qualification

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

National Bank

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Spoils System

54.
_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.
a)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
None of the above
55.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
56.

Change in the way goods are made from _________ to _______.

(a)  

57.

Who created the first factory in the United States?

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Richard Arkwright

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Robert Fulton

58.

How were early American factories powered?

a)

Water-power

b)

coal

c)

windmills

d)

nuclear energy

59.

What were the benefits of standardized parts?

(check all that apply)

a)

complicated

b)

fast

c)

interchangeable

d)

less expensive

60.

Who created standardized parts and the cotton gin?

a)

Peter Cooper

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Robert Fulton

61.

The cotton gin...

(check all that apply)

a)

Separated seeds from the cotton

b)

helped provide cotton for northern factories

c)

Increased slave labor

d)

destroyed the southern lifestyle

62.

Connected cities in the east with those out west

a)

High Speed Internet

b)

Television

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Whaling

63.

The Erie Canal made trade...

(check all that apply)

a)

cheaper

b)

impossible

c)

easier

d)

faster

64.

The Erie Canal ran from _______ to _______.

(a)  

65.

Which of the following are connected to Manifest Destiny?

(check all that apply)

a)

Polk

b)

"Fifty-four forty or fight!"

c)

Expand from coast to coast

d)

Trail of Tears

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