History Test

Question 1

True or False: Israel’s “constitution” was Gods law.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or false: William Tyndale invented the printing press.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or false: The Preamble to our Constitution is composed of a single sentence.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or false: Solon established a true republic in the City of Athens.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

True or false: The Three-Fifths Compromise involved the question of slavery.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

By what two means could Congress raise revenues under the Articles?

Answer 6

Borrowing it. Requesting taxes from the states.

Question 7

Who believed that a well-governed state was one in which the people obeyed the rulers and the rulers obeyed the laws?

Answer 7

Solon

Question 8

What great American document is largely Lockean in its content?

Answer 8

The Declaration of Independence

Question 9

Name two important pieces of legislation passed by the central government under the Articles:

Answer 9

The Land ordinance of 1785. The Northwest ordinance of 1787.

Question 10

Which version of the Bible was the most popular among American Puritans?
a. the King James Bible
c. the American Standard Version
d. the Geneva Bible
b. the Gutenberg Bible

Answer 10

the Geneva Bible

Question 11

Name the two plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention in regard to representation :

Answer 11

The Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan.

Question 12

Originally, the American colonists asserted their demands for the rights of

Answer 12

Englishmen

Question 13

The Petition of Right helped to establish the principle that even the King of England was subject to:

Answer 13

The Law

Question 14

What was the congressional currency issued during the Confederation called?

Answer 14

Continental Paper

Question 15

What did Adam Smith believe was the source and final measure of true value?

Answer 15

Labor

Question 16

What was the pen name used by the three writers of the Federalist Papers?
a. Pelatiah
b. Publius
c. Pericles
d. Plato

Answer 16

Publius

Question 17

Name the two compromises of the Constitutional Convention which dealt with representation:

Answer 17

The Great Compromise. Three-Fifths Compromise.

Question 18

During the War for Independence, the Second Continental Congress was the ______ government.

Answer 18

Extra-legal

Question 19

All the framers of our Constitution heard _______ preach.

Answer 19

George Whitefield

Question 20

William and Mary became the monarchs of England on the authority of _______

Answer 20

Parliament

Question 21

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations has been considered the first comprehensive study of _______

Answer 21

Political Economy

Question 22

What was the era of the Confederation called?

Answer 22

The Critical Period.

Question 23

Who was the first American President under the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 23

There wasn’t one.

Question 24

Name the two main social classes of the Early Roman Republic:

Question 25

Congress, during the Confederation, theoretically had the power of the ______ branch(es) of government.

Answer 25

Executive, Legislative, Judicial.