Constitution test

Question 1

Which document more permanently established Britain as a constitutional parliamentary monarchy?

Answer 1

The English bill of rights

Question 2

Why was the national gov. formed by the Articles purposefully weak?

Answer 2

• British parliamentary was abusive to individual rights
• The king was tyrannical in trying to remove individual rights

Question 3

What plan called for a one sided congress, with the only house having a one member from each state?

Answer 3

The new Jersey plan

Question 4

Rule of law is…

Answer 4

Everyone is under the law

Question 5

Which Enlightenment Thinker was first to use Social Contract Theory, but abused it by saying everyone should give in to an Absolute Monarch?

Answer 5

Thomas hobbes

Question 6

A nation with a constitutional parliamentary monarchy has which of the following?

Answer 6

• A king or queen
• Representatives

Question 7

The Magna Carta attempted to establish the Rule of Law in England in 1215, but it also started the trend of:

Answer 7

Limited gov.

Question 8

Which Enlightenment Thinker said there is no freedom if the Judicial power is not a separate branch?

Answer 8

Montesquieu

Question 9

Originally, in the Constitution, what part of government was the only part which is directly elected by the people?

Answer 9

House of representatives

Question 10

The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:

Answer 10

Separate from British rule

Question 11

What law was passed by British Parliament on the American Colonies to pay for protection against the French and Indian Threat?

Answer 11

Stamp act

Question 12

Who was not involved with writing the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 12

Madison

Question 13

Shays’ Rebellion showed the national government was unable to respond to the economic problems happening across the country or put down state rebellions showing the need to:

Answer 13

fix or replace the articles

Question 14

Democracy means ‘Power of the People’. In what way do people have the power, in nations like the United States?

Answer 14

People have the “scheme of representation” meaning they vote for representatives

Question 15

Due process means…

Answer 15

Everyone must be fairly treated through the legal system

Question 16

According to Federalist #10, the more people that can vote, the less likely the country will break up into factions. That is why the writer wants a:

Answer 16

Representative republic

Question 17

The powers of government being divided between branches of government, such as Legislative, Executive, and Judicial is known as:

Answer 17

separation of powers

Question 18

The powers of government being divided between levels of government, shared equally between the national and state level is known as:

Answer 18

Federalism

Question 19

Popular sovereignty

Answer 19

People are in control of their Government (through representation)

Question 20

The main influence Rationalism and Romanticism had on the American Founding documents:

Answer 20

• natural rights philosophy
• popular sovereignty

Question 21

Which States would have preferred a plan with representation based on population like in the Virginia Plan?

Answer 21

Large states

Question 22

Consent of the governed

Answer 22

People agree to their government

Question 23

The first national government established in the United States by the Articles of Confederation was:

Answer 23

A weak national government that had to be replaced with a stronger Federal System

Question 24

What agreement at the Constitutional Convention led to partial representation based on slave populations and taxation in proportion for slaveholding states?

Answer 24

The 3/5 compromise

Question 25

Which Enlightenment Thinker said government is legitimate when it obeys the General Will, what the majority of people want related to Popular Sovereignty

Answer 25

Rousseau

Question 26

A plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a two-sided Congress, with each house having a number of elected members based on the number of people in that state.

Answer 26

The Virginia plan

Question 27

Which document first established Consent of the Governed and Majority Rule (Direct Democracy) in the Americas?

Answer 27

Mayflower compact

Question 28

Social contract

Answer 28

Agreements are the basis of legitimate laws

Question 29

self-gov.

Answer 29

People are in charge (through a document) of the authority they create to control themselves

Question 30

What would be the result of the Sons of Liberty spreading propaganda reminding American Colonists of the Boston Massacre?

Answer 30

more support for a rebellion

Question 31

Once powers are Separated into Branches, the different parts of government can make sure no one part becomes more powerful though powers over one another, called:

Answer 31

checks and balances

Question 32

The Anti-federalists refused to pass the Constitution until the Federalists agreed to add:

Answer 32

Amendments listing a Bill of Rights detailing individuals’ rights