History Test Flashcards
True or False: Israel’s “constitution” was Gods law.
True
True or false: William Tyndale invented the printing press.
False
True or false: The Preamble to our Constitution is composed of a single sentence.
False
True or false: Solon established a true republic in the City of Athens.
False
True or false: The Three-Fifths Compromise involved the question of slavery.
True
By what two means could Congress raise revenues under the Articles?
Borrowing it. Requesting taxes from the states.
Who believed that a well-governed state was one in which the people obeyed the rulers and the rulers obeyed the laws?
Solon
What great American document is largely Lockean in its content?
The Declaration of Independence
Name two important pieces of legislation passed by the central government under the Articles:
The Land ordinance of 1785. The Northwest ordinance of 1787.
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
the Geneva Bible
Name the two plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention in regard to representation :
The Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan.
Originally, the American colonists asserted their demands for the rights of
Englishmen
The Petition of Right helped to establish the principle that even the King of England was subject to:
The Law
What was the congressional currency issued during the Confederation called?
Continental Paper
What did Adam Smith believe was the source and final measure of true value?
Labor
What was the pen name used by the three writers of the Federalist Papers?
a. Pelatiah
b. Publius
c. Pericles
d. Plato
Publius
Name the two compromises of the Constitutional Convention which dealt with representation:
The Great Compromise. Three-Fifths Compromise.
During the War for Independence, the Second Continental Congress was the ______ government.
Extra-legal
All the framers of our Constitution heard _______ preach.
George Whitefield
William and Mary became the monarchs of England on the authority of _______
Parliament
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations has been considered the first comprehensive study of _______
Political Economy
What was the era of the Confederation called?
The Critical Period.
Who was the first American President under the Articles of Confederation?
There wasn’t one.
Name the two main social classes of the Early Roman Republic:
Congress, during the Confederation, theoretically had the power of the ______ branch(es) of government.
Executive, Legislative, Judicial.
