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Q2 Interim review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Guilford Courthouse

b)

Trenton

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington & Concord

3.

Document in which the colonies declared independence from Great Britain July 4, 1776.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Common Sense

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Alliance

4.

England recognized American independence in this treaty.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Common Sense

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Alliance

5.

The army formed by the Second Continental Congress to defend the colonies as a whole.

a)

Inalienable/Unalienable Rights

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Continental Army

d)

Proclamation of 1763

6.

Rights that cannot be taken away.

a)

Inalienable/Unalienable Rights

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Continental Army

d)

Proclamation of 1763

7.

Official announcement from the British government that ended all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Inalienable/Unalienable Rights

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Continental Army

d)

Proclamation of 1763

8.

Law passed in 1765 by British parliament that forced people to pay a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents.

a)

Inalienable/Unalienable Rights

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Continental Army

d)

Proclamation of 1763

9.

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American Independence was won.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Compromise

d)

Preamble

10.

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Compromise

d)

Preamble

11.

Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Compromise

d)

Preamble

12.
Which of the following was NOT a power given to the government under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Conduct Foreign Affairs
b)
Collect Taxes
c)
Borrow Money
d)
Issue Currency
13.
The 3/5ths Compromise dealt with this issue in the Constitution.
a)
Trade Regulations
b)
Controlling Inflation Across State Lines
c)
Counting Enslaved People in Tax Collection
d)
Counting Enslaved People in the Population
14.
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
a)
Boston Massachusetts
b)
Savannah, Georgia
c)
Washington D.C.
d)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15.

What was one of the biggest problems caused by the weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation?

a)

America did not have any allies in the American Revolution because Congress could not sign treaties.

b)

America could not pay its debts from the American Revolution because Congress could not coin money.

c)

America did not have any allies in the American Revolution because Congress could not declare war.

d)

America could not pay its debts from the American Revoultion because Congress could not collect taxes.

16.

What was the MAIN disagreement between the states at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

The types of powers given to Congress

b)

the number of branches of the federal government

c)

The method for electing members of the two houses of Congress

d)

The number of representatives in Congress each state would have.

17.
Which house is based on population
a)
House of Representatives
b)
Senate
18.
Which has is based on equal representation?
a)
House of Representatives
b)
Senate
19.
The _______________ is based on a two house legislature: one house based on population and one house based on equal representation.
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
Connecticut Plan
d)
Great Compromise
20.
Vocabulary Term:__________ is an idea for a new law
a)
constitution
b)
bill
c)
amendment
d)
ratify
21.
Government which power to govern comes from the people, not a king is known as _______________
a)
articles of confederation
b)
constitution
c)
bill of rights
d)
republic
22.
How many branches of government are there?
a)

one

b)
four
c)
two
d)
three
23.
This means to reject
a)
amend
b)
veto
c)
bill
d)
ratify
24.

Study the image above.

Which important event of the American Revolution is pictured here? (4.2.CE)

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

25.

Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)


“Even with the Revolution being fought, we may be doomed to a lifetime of working on

the plantations. All men are created equal - except us apparently.”

a)

Women

b)

Enslaved Africans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Free Africans

26.

Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)


“Without the support of the French or British any longer, we will be forced further and

further westward by American settlers and have to abandon the land we’ve called home

for our entire lives. ”

a)

Women

b)

Enslaved Africans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Free Africans

27.

Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)


“If the government is not protecting the rights of its citizens, then the government

should be abolished and a new one should be formed - even if it takes going to war to

achieve independence.”

a)

Native American government

b)

British government

c)

French government

d)

Colonial government

28.
Each branch of government has power to control the other two
a)
bill of rights
b)
separation of powers
c)
judicial review
d)
checks and balances
29.
Government operating in three distinct branches
a)
separation of powers
b)
bill of rights
c)
checks and balances
d)
10th amendment
30.
Which branch executes the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Appellate
d)
Legislative
31.
Which branch interprets the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Appellate
d)
Legislative
32.
Which branch makes the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Appellate
d)
Legislative
33.
What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?
a)
Federalism
b)
Amendment
c)
Ratification
d)
Veto
34.
What government existed before the Constitution? 
a)
British Monarchy
b)
state constitutions 
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Confederate States of America 
35.
What was one result of the Great Compromise?  
a)
reserved powers
b)
bicameral legislature 
c)
elastic clause
d)
checks and balances 
36.
What branch of the government can void a law if it is unconstitutional?  
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
all of the above
37.
What branch of the government appoints members to the Supreme Court?  
a)
Executive 
b)
Judicial 
c)
Legislative 
d)
all of the above 
38.

A presidential veto of law is an example of--

a)

due process

b)

judicial activism

c)

individual rights

d)

checks and balances.

39.

Which of the following is a power given to the national government but not to state governments?

a)

printing money

b)

constructing roads

c)

conducting elections

d)

establishing public schools

40.

George Washington served the newly formed United States as the---

a)

President

b)

Vice president

c)

Secretary of State

d)

Federalist candidate

41.

What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

a)

Boycott British goods

b)

Made their own goods

c)

Decided they didn't need goods

d)

Stopped paying all of their taxes

42.

Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Housing Act

43.
What are the three inalienable rights that all people have?
a)
Food, Shelter, and Clothing
b)
Life, Liberty and Death
c)
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
44.
According to the Declaration,  what causes a government to be just? 
a)
powerful institutions
b)
a Bill of Rights 
c)
ease of altering 
d)
Consent of the people being governed
45.
Which came first?
a)
the beginning of the American Revolution
b)
the Declaration of Independence
46.
From whom did the signers of the Declaration of Independence receive their authority to declare independence? 
a)
From the King of England
b)
From the European nations. 
c)
From the people of the American colonies.
d)
They needed no authority.
47.
How could the British have prevented the American Revolution? 
a)
By forcing King George III to give up the throne  
b)
By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures 
c)
By increasing taxes on the colonists 
d)
By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament
48.

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

a)

Love Letter

b)

Treaty

c)

Break-up letter

d)

Constitution

49.

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”

a)

To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government

b)

To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them

c)

To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have

50.

Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?

a)

To pay for the French and Indian War

b)

Because the King felt like it

c)

Because they wanted a revolution

d)

They owed a lot of money to China

51.

An effect of the French and Indian War

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Colonists taxed to pay for the war

c)

Boycott of imported goods

d)

Boston Tea Party