Causes & Purposes of Independence
The Declaration argued that governments get their power from
A. kings and queens
B. foreign allies
C. the consent of the governed
D. religious leaders
C. the consent of the governed
Which document was the FIRST government of the United States?
A. Constitution
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Bill of Rights
D. Mayflower Compact
B. Articles of Confederation
The Three-Fifths Compromise mainly benefited
A. Northern manufacturing states
B. Southern slaveholding states
C. Western territories
D. foreign governments
B. Southern slaveholding states
Question 5:
A federal system divides power between
A. two branches of government
B. states and the national government
C. citizens and the military
D. courts and Congress
B. states and the national government
Which issue most divided Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
A. voting rights for women
B. abolition of slavery
C. power of the federal government
D. control of the news media
C. power of the federal government
Which event happened BEFORE the Declaration of Independence?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Constitutional Convention
C. American Revolution begins
D. War of 1812
C. American Revolution begins
Following the Revolution, most political power was given to
A. the king
B. the supreme court
C. the states
D. foreign governments
C. the states
Which issue was MOST debated at the Constitutional Convention?
A. state vs. federal power
B. foreign trade routes
C. relations with Native Americans
D. size of the military
A. state vs. federal power
Which branch enforces laws?
A. Judicial
B. Legislative
C. Executive
D. Bureaucratic
C. Executive
Democratic-Republicans leaned toward
A. strong national government
B. strong state government
C. monarchies
D. federal control of religion
B. strong state government
Which Enlightenment idea influenced the Declaration of Independence?
A. Monarchy
B. Natural rights
C. Divine rule
D. Feudalism
B. Natural rights
After the Revolution, many Americans feared strong national power because
A. they wanted another monarchy
B. they had just fought to escape powerful rule
C. Britain demanded it in the treaty
D. states lacked leaders
B. they had just fought to escape powerful rule
The Great Compromise combined ideas from which two plans?
A. Albany Plan and Kentucky Plan
B. Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
C. Northwest Plan and Missouri Plan
D. Adams Plan and Hamilton Plan
B. Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
Which branch of government interprets laws?
A. Executive
B. Judicial
C. Legislative
D. Congressional
B. Judicial
Federalists believed in
A. a weak national government
B. strong state powers
C. a strong national government
D. no national currency
C. a strong national government
The Declaration of Independence mainly focused on
A. listing reasons for breaking from Britain
B. organizing the new U.S. Congress
C. creating three branches of government
D. ending the Revolutionary War
A. listing reasons for breaking from Britain
Which treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
A. Treaty of Versailles
B. Treaty of Ghent
C. Treaty of Paris
D. Treaty of London
C. Treaty of Paris
The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each enslaved person to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining
A. property taxes
B. representation in the House of Representatives
C. judicial membership
D. voting age
B. representation in the House of Representatives
What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances?
A. to list responsibilities of elected officials
B. to make it difficult to amend the Constitution
C. to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
D. to share power between state and national governments
C. to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
The Second Amendment protects
A. the right to pay taxes
B. the right to own guns
C. the right to public education
D. the right to vote
B. the right to own guns
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
A. to start the American Revolution
B. to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain
C. to instruct how a country wins its freedom
D. to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
D. to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
In addition to independence from Britain, what did the Treaty of Paris give to the Americans?
A. British land in Canada
B. the right to punish the Loyalists
C. land east of the Mississippi River
D. the return of taxes paid to Great Britain
C. land east of the Mississippi River
What did the Great Compromise decide?
A. representation in Congress
B. the names of political parties
C. the system of checks and balances
D. process of selecting the president
A. representation in Congress
What is the main job of Congress?
A. to make laws for the country
B. to debate whether laws are constitutional
C. to determine who will be the candidate for president
D. to be the chief executives of the states they represent
A. to make laws for the country
Which of these is NOT included in the First Amendment?
A. freedom to vote
B. freedom of speech
C. freedom of religion
D. freedom to assemble
A. freedom to vote