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Unit 1 quiz review

Total questions: 103

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?
a)
Constitution
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Articles of Confederation
2.
Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.
a)
strong state government
b)
weak government
c)
strong central government
d)
legslature
3.
Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?
a)
Legislative branch
b)
the president
c)
the states
d)
national government
4.
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?
a)
Zero
b)
One
c)
Two 
d)
Three
5.
How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
One
b)
Zero
c)
Two
d)
Three
6.
Which of the following was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Create a plan for the Northwest Territory
b)
Negotiate treaties
c)
Levy taxes
d)
Declare war and peace
7.
Anti-Federalists preferred a strong ____________ government.
a)
National
b)
State
c)
Central
d)
Republican
8.
What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?
a)
they supported a new Constitution
b)
they questioned the justice of slavery
c)
the feared the power of the national government
d)
the believed that states should have equal representation
9.
Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress couldn't collect taxes
b)
Weak central government
c)
Provided for no common currency
d)
All of the these
10.
Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if ____________ out 13 states agreed. 
a)
13
b)
8
c)
9
d)
10
11.
In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation,  __________ out of 13 states had to agree. 
a)
9
b)
10
c)
13
d)
15
12.
Which strong feature of the Articles of Confederation created a method for territories to become states?
a)
The ability to sign peace treaties
b)
Shays' Rebellion
c)
Northwest Ordinance
d)
60,000 Ordinance
13.
What did Shays' Rebellion help Americans realize they needed?
a)
A strong national government
b)
A stronger militia
c)
A common currency
d)
The ability to sign peace treaties
14.
Which of the following events lead to a decision by the colonies to meet and revise the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
Shay’s Rebellion
c)
The Revolutionary War
d)
The Civil War
15.
Ultimately, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the adoption of:
a)
The Treaty of Paris
b)
The Affordable Care Act
c)
The U.S. Constitution
d)
The Declaration of Independence
16.
Why style of government was established under the Articles?
a)
democracy
b)
republic
c)
confederation
d)
monarchy
17.

What was the meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution?

a)

Ratification Convention

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Second Continental Congress

18.
Created a president...
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Constitution
c)
Both
19.
Had one branch of government...
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Constitution
c)
Both
20.
Which branches of government did NOT exist under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
executive and legislative 
b)
executive and judicial
c)
legislative and state
d)
judicial and state
21.

The only positive laws that came from the Articles of Confederation both dealt with ...

a)

state creation and selling of land

b)

navigation on the waterways

c)

cross country transportation

22.
Articles established a “___________________” among the states
a)
firm league of friendship
b)
weak connection among countries
c)
long history of violence 
d)
a brisk admiration for sovereignty 
23.
Unicameral legislative body means...
a)
single house
b)
double house
c)
No house
d)
inapplicable 
24.
Under the Articles, __________ was given sole authority to govern the country.
a)
Congress
b)
The President
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
25.
True or False: Under the articles, the government had no power to raise funds for an army or navy.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The central government under the Articles of Confederation had to __________ states to pay taxes
a)
Force
b)
Ask
c)
Ask the President to Require
27.
True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had no power to tax, impose tariffs, or collect duties.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
True or False:Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could Declare war and make peace.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could not make treaties with foreign countries.
a)
true
b)
false
30.

How many colonies were there in total?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

13

d)

11

31.

What power did the congress gain from The Articles?

a)

admit new states to the newly formed

country

b)

settle disputes between states

c)

organize division of land

d)

All of the above

32.

What is Federalism?

a)

state government having all the power

b)

federal government having all the power

c)

powers divided between federal and state governments

33.

WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DOES THIS APPLY TO:

Power is held by one central authority that has the power to make laws and decisions for the people.

a)

Unitary

b)

Federal

c)

Confederal

34.

WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DOES THIS APPLY TO:

Voluntary association of independent states that make their own laws and decisions, but are loosely aligned to a weak central government.

a)

Unitary

b)

Federal

c)

Confederal

35.

WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DOES THIS APPLY TO:


The power to make laws and decisions is shared or divided between a central government and several regional governments(think states).

a)

Unitary

b)

Federal

c)

Confederal

36.

What system of government does the U.S. have?

a)

Unitary

b)

Federal

c)

Confederal

37.

What is an example of a confederal government?

a)

the U.S.

b)

England / the U.K.

c)

European Union

38.

Great Britain and Japan are examples of democratic countries with a strong, central government that makes laws for the entire nation and limits the power of local governments.


What form of government do these countries have?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Confederation

c)

Federal

d)

Unitary

39.

Both the United States government and the California state government share the power to tax the citizens of California. This is an example of a ____ system.

a)

Confederate

b)

Federal

c)

Communist

d)

Unitary

40.

When asked, "What type of government was created at the constitutional convention?", Benjamin Franklin's response was "a republic". He could have also said ____.

a)

a constitutional monarchy

b)

a representative democracy

c)

a totalitarian dictatorship

d)

a direct democracy

41.

What type of government is ruled by one person, usually the child of the previous ruler?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Theocracy

42.

What type of government is characterized by the rule of a small number of elite people?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Parliamentary

43.

When the people participate and vote on all issues themselves, this is known as?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictatorship

44.

What type of government does the United States have?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Democracy

45.

Dictatorship is classified as what type of Government?.

a)

autocracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

democracy

d)

monarchy

46.

There is no form of government and it is total chaos.

a)

oligarchy

b)

autocracy

c)

anarchy

d)

theocracy

47.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men 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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."Declaration of Independence, 1776In this passage of the Declaration, which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas are present? 
a)
John Locke's natural rights
b)
Montesquieu's separation of powers
c)
Thomas Hobbe's social contract theory
d)
Beccaria's end of cruel and unusual punishment
48.
What was the goal of the Committees of Correspondence?
a)
Protest the Boston Massacre
b)
Increase resistance against unfair taxation
c)
Overthrow King Charles I
d)
Remove King James II from the English throne
49.
This was the first Parliamentary Act that the American colonists began to boycott because of "no taxation without representation."
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Navigational Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Coercive Acts
50.
Which act(s) punished Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party?
a)
The Intolerable Acts
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Navigational Acts
d)
The Sugar Act
51.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
52.
-Very little power was given to the Federal Government
-States had the majority of power
-Federal government could not tax or raise and army
All of these are examples of 
a)
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
b)
Strengths of the Articles of Confederation
c)
Weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution
d)
Strengths of the U.S. Constitution
53.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
a)
Led to new taxes they did not vote on
b)
Led to more wars with the French
c)
They lost their land to Native Americans
d)
The British established military law in the colonies
54.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
55.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
56.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
57.
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles?
a)
No legislative branch
b)
No common currency
c)
Strong National Government
d)
7 votes for each state
58.
What is a settlement of differences in which each side gives up part of what they want?
a)
demand
b)
treaty
c)
argument
d)
compromise
59.

The French & Indian War is also known as -

a)

100 Years War

b)

Battle at Gettysburg

c)

7 Years War

d)

Texas Revolution

60.

What was the result of the Treaty of Paris?

a)

Sparked the Boston Massacre Trials

b)

Spain joined the French & Indian War

c)

Began the French & Indian War

d)

Ended the American Revolution

61.

In which year did the colonist declare their independence?

a)

1750

b)

1776

c)

1812

d)

1836

62.

Who was the monarch that the colonists were opposed to at the time of the American Revolution?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

George III

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Isabella I

63.

The Townsend Act was a payment imposed on -

a)

Sugar & Molasses

b)

Tea & Coffee

c)

Glass, Paints, Paper

d)

Stamps & Postage

64.

Complete this American Revolution cry, "No Taxation without..."

a)

Election

b)

Representation

c)

Constitution

d)

Revolution

65.

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Jay

66.

The idea that government is RESTRICTED in what it can do is

a)

Restricted Government

b)

Limited Government

c)

Representative Government

d)

Democratic Government

67.

The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?

a)

the Virginia Company

b)

the principle of limited government

c)

the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

d)

an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

68.

Which document from 1689 influenced the ideas about the rights of the citizens?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

69.

Each of the thirteen American colonies had

a)

its own government.

b)

complete control over its affairs.

c)

its own powerful army.

d)

equal voting rights for all colonists

70.

a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.

a)

democracy

b)

direct democracy

c)

representative democracy

71.

the idea that power of the government can no longer be all-powerful rights and that the government cannot take away such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

a)

limited government

b)

natural rights

c)

separation of powers

d)

social contract

72.

three branches of government that were formed so that no one part of the government became too powerful

a)

limited government

b)

natural rights

c)

separation of powers

d)

social contract

73.

A government is

a)

the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

b)

a collection of people.

c)

always democratic.

d)

the organization representing farms and industries.

74.
Bicameral means there are ___ branches or houses
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
75.

For the first time in the English System, the Parliament was more powerful than the king

a)

War of the Roses

b)

English War for Independence

c)

The 30 Years War

d)

Glorious Revolution

76.

a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Petition of Right

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Magna Carta

77.

fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.

a)

Due Process

b)

Rights of Man

c)

Legal Precedent

d)

Separations of Power

78.

is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. King Charles I Signed into law and English tradition. Precursor to the English Bill of Rights

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Petition of Right

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Mayflower Compact

79.

is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Petition of Right

d)

Declaration of Independence

80.

any of certain colonies, as Maryland and Pennsylvania, that were granted to an individual or group by the British crown and that were granted full rights of self-government.

a)

Charter Colony

b)

Royal Colony

c)

Joint Stock Colony

d)

Proprietary Colony

81.

Was the first Bicameral body in the American Colonies

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Congress

c)

Parliament

d)

House of Connecticut

82.

Someone who attended the Continental Congress or a convention

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Delegates

d)

Presiding Officer

83.
The purpose of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence was to
a)
describe the wrongs the king had committed.
b)
emphasize the importance of social contracts.
c)
establish the source of the rights of all Americans.
d)
list the reasons the colonists believed they deserved independence
84.

believed that man should have the basic rights of life, liberty, and property

a)

John Locke

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Paine

85.

believed in separation of powers in the government

a)

John Locke

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Paine

86.

rights that the government cannot take away such as life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

a)

limited government

b)

natural rights

c)

separation of powers

d)

social contract

87.

an agreement in which the people agree to give up some freedom in exchange for the government's protection of people's rights

a)

limited government

b)

natural rights

c)

separation of powers

d)

social contract

88.

1620 - The Pilgrims who came to the American colonies signed this agreement and then became the first direct democracy in the new American colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

a)

Common Sense

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Mayflower Compact

89.

Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

a)

the right to a trial by jury

b)

the right to vote in elections

c)

the right to freedom of speech

d)

the right to choose the monarch

90.

Which Enlightenment thinker's beliefs influenced Thomas Jefferson to include the natural rights of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" into the preamble of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

George Washington

d)

King George III

91.

What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu’s explanation of the separation of powers?

a)

Their separation could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.

b)

Their separation could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.

c)

Their separation raised judicial power to a level of equality with legislative and executive power

d)

Their separation could help prevent the government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.

92.

Which document did the Founding Fathers write in 1776 to declare the reasons that America was separating from England?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

93.

Hobbes is best known for his book Leviathan .

a)

True

b)

False

94.

Thomas`s book Leviathan in 1651, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

An important accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation was that it

a)

stopped the ability of states to charge tariffs on goods imported from other states.

b)

developed a national court system.

c)

strengthened the national government's ability to levy and collect taxes.

d)

created fair policies for setting lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.

96.

Why did delegates from the states gather at a convention in Philadelphia in May of 1787?

a)

to end the slave trade

b)

to stop to Shays’s Rebellion

c)

to limit the power of the national government

d)

to revise the Articles of Confederation

97.

This origin theory says the state was given its power from God.

a)

Force

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Divine Right

d)

Social Contract

98.

The 1st stage of development came from a family or tribe.

a)

Force

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Divine Right

d)

Social Contract

99.

If a state originated by this theory, Its citizens probably have no choice in govt decisions & laws are enforced by the military.

a)

Force

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Divine Right

d)

Social Contract

100.

(1588-1679) Wrote Leviathan, advocated for absolute monarchy due to humans' primitive "state of nature"

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Voltaire

101.

(1632-1704) Wrote Two Treatises on Government, believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

a)

John Locke

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

102.

(1694-1778) Believed in freedoms of speech and religion as well as separation of church and state

a)

Voltaire

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Eugene Delacroix

103.

(1712-1778) Wrote The Social Contract, believed government is a contract between rulers and the people

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Cesare Beccaria

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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