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1. The Mayflower Compact |
c. was the first of a series of social contracts that established the fundamental rules of government. |
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2. America’s first written constitution, _____, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representativesfrom each town. |
a. the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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3. The earliest colonial legislature was established in _____ |
d. Virginia |
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4. Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonists |
d. were loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland. |
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5. The colonists began using the word American to describe themselves |
d. in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War. |
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6. Following the British victory over France in the Seven Years' War, also called the French and Indian War, |
e. the British government began imposing taxes and expanded control over colonial trade. |
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7. The first time a majority of colonists joined together to oppose British rule was |
d. during the Stamp Act Congress |
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8. In 1773, anger over the taxes Britain had imposed on the colonies reached a climax |
d. at the Boston Tea Party |
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9. In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament |
a. closed Boston Harbor and placed the government of Massachusetts under direct British control. |
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10. The First Continental Congress, proposed by New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, |
a. was called into response to the Intolerable Acts. |
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11. These entities used social pressure, spying, and public ridicule to enforce the boycott of British goods |
d. The committees of “safety” |
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12. Thomas Paine’s influential pamphlet Common Sense |
b. contended that America could survive economically on its own and no longer needed its British connection |
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13. Which ideology of rule, common during the revolutionary war era, was suspicious of both executive and nationalpower? |
d. Republicanism |
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14. As the colonies transformed themselves into sovereign states, republican sentiment was so strong in many of them thatthe _____ became all-powerful. |
a. legislatures |
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15. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had _____ the unicameral assembly of representatives. |
b. one vote in |
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16. The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act |
e. as a way to pay its war debts and finance the defense of its North American Colonies. |
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17. Within a year of the signing of the _______, the new nation was suffering from a serious economic depression |
b. the Articles of Confederation |
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18. The First Continental Congress sent a petition to King George III to explain their grievances. The result was |
b. British soldiers engaging Minutemen in Massachusetts, the first battles of the American Revolution. |
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19. Shays’ Rebellion |
a. Both B and D (look at answers on test bank) |
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20. The Philadelphia meeting, which became the Constitutional Convention, was called “for the sole and express purpose”of |
a. revising the Articles of Confederation. |
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21. The Delegates to the Second Continental Congress intended to |
a. reach a peaceful settlement with the British Parliament. |
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22. For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were |
c. from the best-educated and wealthiest classes. |
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23. Which of the following proposals was part of the Virginia Plan? |
e. A bicameral legislature with an upper house chosen by the lower house |
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24. The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention |
b. resolved the small-state/large-state controversy. |
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25. At the time of the constitutional convention, slaves constituted about _____ of the population of the southern states. |
b. 40 percent |
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26. The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention settled the deadlock between the |
a. southern states and the northern states over how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation inCongress. |
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27. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed that Congress could prohibit the importation of slaves into thecountry |
d. beginning in 1808. |
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28. At the Constitutional Convention, the South agreed to let Congress have the power to _____ in exchange for a ban onexport taxes |
d. regulate interstate and international commerce |
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29. The Constitution provides that a federal official who commits _____ may be impeached by the House ofRepresentatives. |
d. “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” |
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30. A federal official who has been impeached is tried by the |
b. Senate |
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31. The final draft of the Constitution was approved by the delegates on |
c. September 17, 1787. |
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32. The battle over ratification of the Constitution was fought chiefly by two opposing groups, the |
e. Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. |
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33. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of essays in defense of the Constitution, knowncollectively as |
e. the Federalist Papers. |
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34. In Federalist Paper No. 10, Madison argued that the nation’s size was actually an advantage in controlling |
c. factions |
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35. To win over the anti-federalists during the ratification process, the federalists promised to |
e. add a bill of rights to the constitution. |
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36. Rule of law is the idea that |
d. no one, including government officers, is above the law |
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37. The Constitution incorporated the principle of _____, which was the solution to the debate over whether the nationalgovernment or the states should have ultimate sovereignty. |
e. federalism |
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38. The principle of separation of powers is found in _____ of the Constitution |
b. Articles I, II, and III |
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39. A major principle of American government, _____, was devised to ensure that no one branch of government canexercise exclusive control. |
c. checks and balances |
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40. A constitutional form of government that emphasizes “effective government” rather than “limited government” is a |
e. parliamentary system. |
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41. Although Madison began drafting the Bill of Rights by sorting through more than 200 recommendations from thestates, the final bill included only _____ amendments to the Constitution. |
a. ten |
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42. Since the Constitution was written it has been amended _____ times. |
b. twenty-seven |
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43. There are _____ possible ways for an amendment to be added to the Constitution. |
c. four |
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44. All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed |
c. by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives |
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54. The first New England colony in America, settled in 1620 was in____. |
a. Plymouth |
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55. By the time of the American Revolution, |
a. all of the colonies had representative assemblies. |
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56. Shays' Rebellion was stopped by _____. |
e. the Massachusetts volunteer army, paid for by Boston merchants. |
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57. Which of the following groups of people did not have the right to vote at the time that the Constitution was ratified? |
b. All of the above (look at answers on test bank) |
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59. The principle of Checks and Balances includes staggered terms of office. Members of the House of Representativesserve for ___ years, and members of the Senate serve for ____ years. |
c. two, six |
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60. Congress checks the president by |
d. controlling taxes and spending |
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61. The American colonies had been settled by individuals from many nations. The majority of colonists came from |
d. Scotland and England |
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62. The first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, was established |
e. as a trading post of the Virginia Company of London. |
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63. Each of the following was a power granted to Congress under the Articles of Confederation, EXCEPT |
a. regulate commerce with other nations. |
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64. The earliest colonial legislature was the Virginia House of Burgesses, established in |
d. 1619 |
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66. A faction is best described as |
c. a group of persons forming a cohesive minority. |
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67. In an attempt to prevent the rise of tyranny, the powers of the national government were separated into differentbranches - legislative, executive, and judicial, in accordance with |
e. the Madisonian Model. |
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69. The power of _____ allows the judicial branch to declare legislative or presidential actions unconstitutional. |
b. judicial review |
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70. Under the Articles of Confederation, |
d. nine states had to approve any law before it was enacted. |