Election Of 1860

Question 1

On July 4, 1776, what document was produced that announced the colonists’ independence from England?

Answer 1

The delectation of independence

Question 2

Thomas Paine’s publication “Common Sense” was most influential in persuading American colonists to support:

Answer 2

Colonial Independence

Question 3

John Locke’s theory of Natural Rights and Consent of the Governed states that:

Answer 3

The power to govern belongs to the people

Question 4

What is considered to be a weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 4

The federal government could not raise taxes

Question 5

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 do?

Answer 5

It created a system for bringing new states into the Union

Question 6

Why did the Founding Fathers create a weak central government?

Answer 6

To keep individual leaders from gaining too much power

Question 7

Federalists were against:

Answer 7

Adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Question 8

What conflict did the Great Compromise resolve?

Answer 8

Representation in Congress

Question 9

Which concept is included in the Constitution that would allow Congress to make laws not expressly written in Constitution?

Answer 9

Elastic Clause

Question 10

Why is the System of Checks and Balances essential to the American Republic?

Answer 10

To ensure that no one branch receives too much power

Question 11

Why was the Bull of Rights added to Constitution?

Answer 11

To protect individual rights of citizens

Question 12

Freedom of Speech and Press are guaranteed under which Amendment?

Answer 12

First

Question 13

The Federalist Papers helped gain support for:

Answer 13

Ratification of the Constitution

Question 14

The first ten Amendments are called:

Answer 14

Bull of Rights

Question 15

What kind of powers do both federal and state governments share?

Answer 15

Concurrent Powers

Question 16

The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights emphasize:

Answer 16

The importance of individual liberty

Question 17

Federalism can be described as the division of power between:

Answer 17

National and states levels or government

Question 18

How has the elastic clause been utilized in the US?

Answer 18

The creation of the First Bank of the USA

Question 19

Where does the federal government get money to provide for the common defense?

Answer 19

Taxes

Question 20

What are the requirements for becoming President of the USA?

Answer 20

Natural citizen, 35 years old, lived in the USA for 14 years in a row

Question 21

What is a function of states legislatures?

Answer 21

Make state laws

Question 22

What statement about the House of Reps is accurate?

Answer 22

The number of reps is based on population

Question 23

In George Washington’s Cabinet, what was Alexander Hamiltons position?

Answer 23

Secretary of Treasury

Question 24

What was the significance of Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 24

It allowed the boundaries of the USA to extend West

Question 25

What is an example of Judicial Review?

Answer 25

The Supreme Court declares a federal law unconstitutional

Question 26

The Missouri Compromise:

Answer 26

Accepted Missouri as slave state, Maine as free state, maintained balance of states

Question 27

The major purpose of Monroe Doctrine:

Answer 27

Limit European influence in Western Hemisphere

Question 28

Why did Nullification Crisis create problems between state and federal governments?

Answer 28

States believes they had the right to cancel federal laws they considered unconstitutional

Question 29

What did the Supreme Court rule in McCulluch v. Maryland?

Answer 29

The Elastic Clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank

Question 30

The idea that the USA had a special mission to expand westward:

Answer 30

Manifest Destiny

Question 31

As part of Andrew Jacksons Indian Removal Policy, Native Americans were:

Answer 31

Forced to give up their land, subjected to horrible conditions, marched along the “trail of tears”

Question 32

Prior to 1859, what caused the North to be more industrial and South agricultural?

Answer 32

Geographic conditions supported different types of economic activity

Question 33

How did Constitution deal with slavery?

Answer 33

Each state was allowed to choose how to deal with slavery

Question 34

Missouri compromise, compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act were efforts to

Answer 34

Settle disputes over slavery in territories