Test: Foundations of Government and Constitutional Convention
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John Locke thought that people were born with __________ and that the purpose of government was to __________ their __________.
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Locke thought that the people had the right to change the __________ if it was __________.
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Montesquieu taught that the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of the government should be __________ between three different groups or people. These groups should have the power to check the others. This would prevent any one part of the government from gaining too __________ power.
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A __________ possesses ultimate political authority in a country.
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In __________the __________ are the __________
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__________ wrote the __________ which became the first ten amendments (changes) to the Constitution.
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The __________ set up the framework for how __________ and the federal government will operate in our system.
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Which of these is the correct definition of a state.
A group of people that have a common ancestry, language, culture, and history.
An area with defined borders that has a sovereign government.
A group of independent countries that join together in a loose alliance.
One of the provinces of a country, like the provinces in Canada.
Locke thought that people would naturally fight because resources are scarce. So they would need an all-powerful government to keep them from fighting.
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Locke thought that people are born into a state of liberty and that nobody else should have power over them.
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False
A confederation is when the central government and the member states share power. It's a permanent structure.
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False
John Locke had more influence over the American Founding Fathers than any other political philosopher.
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The United States is a federation of states.
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False
Choose the options that are present in a parliamentary system.
A President is elected by the people.
There are many parties.
Parties often form coalitions to run the government.
A Prime Minister is elected by Parliament.
The Head of State and The Head of Government are the same person.
Choose the options that are present in a federation.
The member states are sovereign and may leave.
The government is permanent.
The member states retain most of their sovereignty, but not all.
There are two layers of government that share power.
The government is not necessarily permanent.
Federalism is a system where the national government has all the power.
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False
The "Great Compromise" was the agreement reached at the constitutional convention that decided how power would be apportioned in the Congress. In the Senate, each state would get two votes. In the House, states with bigger populations would get more representatives.
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What was the Great Compromise?
Votes in Senate and House are determined by population.
When they decided to count 2/3 of the slaves population.
When they decided they couldn't ban the slave trade for 20 years.
In the Senate, each state gets two votes. In the House the number of votes is determined by population.
At the Constitutional Convention what was decided about the importation of slaves?
The federal government could not ban slave importation for 20 years.
They decided to allow the navy to assist in the importation of slaves.
The federal government could not ban slave importation for 50 years.
They banned slave importation.
What plan was proposed on the first day of the convention and served as the basic blueprint for the Constitution?
The Marshall Plan
The Schlieffen Plan
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan proposed a new government with a new congress and an executive, but no national court system.
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Why is Madison considered the "Father of the Constitution?"
He won the Revolutionary War.
He wrote the basic framework for the Constitution and he wrote the Bill of Rights.
He wrote Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
He wrote the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
In what year was the US Constitution written?
1860
1066
1787
1776
Why did George Mason refuse to sign the Constitution?
It didn't have a bill of rights.
It was too weak.
It didn't ban slavery.
He wanted a committee instead of a president.
Who was the “indispensable man” at the constitutional convention?
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
Why did Madison think a large republic would be better than a small republic?
He wanted to abolish the states.
He wanted a large tax base.
In a large republic no single faction can take over.
He wanted to keep his slaves.
The central government had the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation.
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The Articles of Confederation had a president.
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What were the Articles of Confederation?
The first government of the United States, it was too strong.
The constitution of the Confederates during the Civil War.
The technical name of our constitution today.
The first government of the United States. It was weak.
What was the issue over which the small states would have stayed out of union?
Equal representation for the states in the Senate.
They demanded that there only be one president. Some states wanted three.
Proportional representation in the Senate.
1 state, 1 vote in the House of Representatives.
Why did they decide to count 3/5 of the slave population for purposes of representation in the House?
Slaves states wanted to count all the slaves, which would give them more power in the House of Representatives. Northern states didn't think that was fair, so they settled on 3/5.
If they counted them any more than 3/5 they would have to end slavery altogether.
The king forced them to count only 3/5.
They wanted to count none of the slaves because they were all racists, but decided it would look bad. So they just counted 3/5 of them.
Madison wanted a stronger central government because he thought the states were corrupt and weren't governing their people fairly.
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What are the main ideas of Enlightenment thinking?
Belief that reason can help us make a better world.
Belief that just as there are natural laws in science, there are natural laws for society.
Affirmation of the divine right of kings.
Belief that looking to religion and tradition will help us make a better world.
Rejection of the divine right of kings.
American democracy has always protected the rights of those not in the majority. (those in the minority)
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This is Henry VIII. The King of England from 1509-1547. He is an example of what?
A subject
An elected leader
A sovereign
Mark which idea applies to which plan for government.
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Proposed an executive made up of multiple people.
Proposed a congress where states were represented equally. Population wouldn't matter.
The plan served as the framework for the Constitution.
Would have made the states strong and the national government weak.
Called for a Congress made up of two parts.
Basically an upgrade of the Articles of Confederation.
A complete overhaul of the government of the United States.
Stronger national government.
Proposed an executive made up of a single person.
Proposed an executive made up of multiple people.
The civil society is any private organization created by the people that is not part of the government.
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False
Which are true of the Magna Carta?
It limited the power of the King of England.
It gave the King of England more power of the nobles.
It is the foundation of English law that focuses on rights and limited government.
The King wrote the Magna Carta and presented to the nobles.
This was signed by the King after the nobles had executed his father.
Greece was divided up into small city-states. What is a city state?
a mini-empire
a country with no cities
a city that is also a country
Match the descriptions with the type of government.
The Roman Republic
Athenian Democracy
The people ran all parts of the government.
Some were concerned that this government led to "mob rule."
There was part of the government that rich families controlled and was unelected.
This government lasted longer and was more successful than the other one. Mainly because it was more stable.
They had a group of 500 citizens that would run the day-to-day business of the government.
This government spread power out over many different elected offices because they did not want one leader to get too much power.
This government elected two leaders each year to run the government and the army.
The main reason the Americans fought the British in the American Revolution was to determine who would control the colonies, the colonial governments or Parliament?
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False
By the time of the American Revolution the colonies had already been governing themselves for over 100 years.
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False
After the Constituion was written, it was sent out to the states for approval. Virginia and New York were the first states to ratify the Constitution.
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False
The small states were happy with the Constitution because it gave them some power in the Senate. Small states ratified the Constitution by huge majorities at their conventions.
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False
The Anti-Federalists were the group that opposed the Constitution. Their main demand was that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution.
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False
The group that favored the Constitution were know as, the Federalists.
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False
Part of the reason a strong executive was written into the Constitution is because everybody knew Washington would be the first president.
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False
What is the main reason that the American people loved and trusted Washington?
He had been a spy and knew how the world worked.
He gave up power after the war.
He was old and wise.
He was rich.
The Constitution is above both the federal government and the state governments.
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False
States are subdivisions of the federal government, they are almost totally controlled by the federal government.