Unit 1 Test

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Stamp Act

Question 2

The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:

Answer 2

Separate from British Rule

Question 3

Social Contract

Answer 3

Agreements are the basis of legitimate laws

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The House of Representatives

Question 4

Why was the national government formed by the Articles of Confederation purposefully weak?

Answer 4

1. British Parliament was abusive to individual rights
   2.The King was tyrannical in trying to remove individual rights

Question 5

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

Answer 5

1. Natural Rights Philosophy
2. Popular Sovereignty

Question 6

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 6

The Virginia Plan

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Thomas Hobbes

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Limited Government

Question 9

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 9

Representative Republic

Question 9

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

Answer 9

The Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 10

Who was not involved with writing the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 10

Madison

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Federalism

Question 12

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

Answer 12

People have the ‘scheme of representation’ meaning they vote for representatives

Question 13

Due Process

Answer 13

Everyone must be fairly treated through the legal system

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Mayflower Compact

Question 15

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 15

People are in control of their Government (through representation)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

1. A King or Queen
2. Representatives

Question 17

Rule of Law

Answer 17

Everyone is under the law

Question 18

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 18

Checks and Balances

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Large States

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Amendments listing a Bill of Rights detailing individuals’ rights

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Separation of Powers

Question 23

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 23

Fix or Replace the Articles of Confederation

Question 24

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

Answer 24

More support for a Rebellion

Question 25

A plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a one-sided Congress, with the only house having one member from each state, similar to the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 25

The New Jersey Plan

Question 26

Which document more permanently established Britain as a Constitutional Parliamentary Monarchy?

Answer 26

The English Bill of Rights

Question 27

Consent of the Governed

Answer 27

People agree to their government

Question 28

Self-Government

Answer 28

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