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SS236 People, Power, and Politics - An Introduction to American Government

Unit 1 Quiz   

Question 1          The Preamble to the Constitution begins

"We the People . . ."

"Four score and seven years ago . . ."

"When in the course of human events . . ."

"In order to form a more perfect Union . . .”

"These are the times that try men's souls . . .”

Question 2          Which of the following did NOT lead to American settlement in the seventeenth century?

Questioning the divine right of kings

The split from the Church of England

Belief in self-government

Belief in intelligent design

Hobbes and Locke’s social contract theories

Question 3          A social contract theory of government was proposed by

Plato and Aristotle.

Aquinas and Luther.

Newton and the separatists.

Locke and Hobbes.

Plato and Luther.

Question 4          Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government sets out a theory of

the divine rights of kings.

aristocracy.

democracy.

republicanism.

natural rights.

Question 5          Indirect democracy is based on

consensus.

unanimity.

the system of government used in ancient Greece.

representation.

"mob rule."

Question 6          Which of the following BEST describes the relationships among states under the Articles of Confederation?

A strong constitutional system

A form of government modeled after Canada

A life-long rivalry

A loose league of friendship

An interdependent, cohesive partnership

Question 7          The 1786 rebellion in which an army of 1,500 disgruntled farmers marched on Springfield, Massachusetts, to prevent foreclosure on their farms was called

Shays's Rebellion.

Paul Revere's Ride.

Bacon's Rebellion.

the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

the Second Boston Tea Party.

Question 8          A committee was appointed at the Constitutional Convention to work out the differences between the proposals of large and small states; the result was the

Virginia Plan.

New Jersey Plan.

Great Compromise.

Electoral College.

Bill of Rights.

Question 9          The system of government in which power is divided between the state and national governments is called

federalism.

unitarism.

pluralism.

confederation.

constitutionalism.

Question 10        The series of 85 political papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison in support of ratification of the new constitution are called the

Pennsylvania Packet.

Federalist Papers.

Anti-Federalist Papers.

Crisis.

Common Sense.