AGES Test 2

Question 1

Magna Carta

Answer 1

British document that introduced the world to Limited Government

Question 2

What did the Magna Carta show?

Answer 2

Government operates within certain bounds set by people and Constitution

Question 3

English Bill of Rights gave Jefferson the ideas for the?

Answer 3

Declaration of Independence

Question 4

Grievances

Answer 4

Identified how King George was denying the colonists Natural Rights or Individual Liberty

Question 5

Representative Governement

Answer 5

People elect delegates to vote for them in Congress

Question 6

Judicial Review

Answer 6

The power of the Supreme Court to declare an act of the government as unconstitutional

Question 7

Federalism

Answer 7

The Constitution established this; Power is divided between the national and state governments

Question 8

Separation of Powers

Answer 8

Powers is divided by the equal branches of the government

Question 9

Check and Balances

Answer 9

Each branch has some control over the other 2 (helps have a limited government)

Question 10

What changed the relationship between England and the Colonists?

Answer 10

French and Indian War

Question 11

What did the colonists not have in the beginning and why?

Answer 11

Sovereignty; still under authority of England

Question 12

Why did colonists feel that they were being denied their natural rights?

Answer 12

England was taxing the colonists without their approval from their elected officials to pay for the war.

Question 13

National Governement

Answer 13

weak, unicameral congress; each state had 1 vote and power was held on a state level

Question 14

Solution to weak national government; can’t enforce laws

Answer 14

Federal government; President enforces laws

Question 15

Solution to no President or Judicial Branch

Answer 15

Created an Executive and Judicial Branch

Question 16

Solution to no power to collect taxes or regulate trade

Answer 16

Congress given power to collect taxes and regulate trade

Question 17

Solution to Lacking a national military

Answer 17

Congress can raise an army

Question 18

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 18

fights over borders and excessive taxes

Question 19

Delegates were…

Answer 19

white, male, rich, Federalists

Question 20

What did the delegates do with the Articles?

Answer 20

Threw them out and created a federal government with 3 branches

Question 21

Connecticut/Great Compromise

Answer 21

settled disputes between states. Senate 2 votes per state and House of Representatives based on population

Question 22

VA plan

Answer 22

wanted 2 houses based on population

Question 23

NJ plan

Answer 23

wanted 1 house with 1 votes and a council instead of a president

Question 24

3/5 Compromise

Answer 24

slaves will be counted as 3/5 of a person for representation and taxes

Question 25

Federalists

Answer 25

wanted to ratify the Constitution, wanted a strong, central government, Checks and Balances created a limited government, read constitution loosely, bill of rights is not needed, merchants

Question 26

Anti-federalists

Answer 26

against ratifying the Constitution, wanted the states to have more rights, thought the Constitution would create a king or dictator, read the Constitution strictly, wanted a Bill of Rights to protect individual rights, Inland Farmers, No mention of God 3/5 Compromise was inhuman.

Question 27

We created a Federal Government with…

Answer 27

Separation of Powers

Question 28

first 3 articles established the

Answer 28

3 branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 29

Amendments

Answer 29

allow us to change the Constitution and not have to rewrite it

Question 30

Proposed on the National Level

Answer 30

2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of National Constitutional Convention

Question 31

Ratified on the State Level

Answer 31

3/4 of state legislature of 3/4 of State Constitutional Conventions

Question 32

Who to thank for the Bill of Rights

Answer 32

Anti-Federalists