WorksheetsTOPIC 1.1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?
"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"
“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”
“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”
To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government
To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them
To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have
Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Because the King felt like it
Because they wanted a revolution
They owed a lot of money to China
Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence best supports the main purpose of a nation's government.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all mean are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
...[To] secure these rights , governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
...[G}overnments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath show, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
...[A]s free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
The theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for influence in government, resulting in healthy democratic compromise and balance, is called
elite power politics
socialism
pluralism
rational choice
institutionalism
Which of the following accurately characterizes the main difference between elite theories and pluralist theories of politics in the United States?
Elite theories concentrate on the role of interest groups; pluralist theories emphasize the role of individuals.
Elite theories argue that a single minority dominates politics in all policy areas; pluralist theories argue that many minorities compete for power in different policy areas.
Elite theories argue that social status is the major source of political power; pluralist theories argue that wealth is the major source.
Elite theories emphasize the multiple access points that interest groups have to public officials; pluralist theories stress the limits in the number and effectiveness of such access points.
Elite theories view government as efficient; pluralist theories view it as slow and wasteful.
