FLVS Civics Practice EOC: Categories 1 and 2

Front

Which statement reflects the Enlightenment ideas of natural law as expressed by Locke?

Back

A

Front

What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify?

Back

Declaring independence from Britain

Front

What fits in the box with a question mark? The diagram describes a cause that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Options: British eliminate all taxes on colonists, Colonists vote to elect new member of Parliament, British ignore colonist grievances, Colonist send troops to Britain in protest

Back

British ignore colonist grievances

Front

SS.7.C.1.4
The Declaration of Independence included these complaints:
•Taxation without representation
• Limiting judicial powers
• Quartering Troops
• Dissolving legislature

Which complaint should be added to this list?

Back

Suspending trial by jury in many cases

Front

Based on the passage by John Locke in his Second Treatise of Civil Government, with which complaint in the Declaration of Independence would he agree? Options: He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power, He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people..., He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures., He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

Back

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

Front

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
The government did not have a separate judicial branch.
The states could not print their own currency.
The president was able to spend taxes freely.
The government had too much power over trade.

Back

The government did not have a separate judicial branch.

Front

How did the U.S. Constitution address the problem under the Articles of Confederation that Congress had no power to ensure its laws were followed by the states?

Back

It created an executive branch to enforce laws.

Front

What does the phrase "insure domestic tranquility" in the Preamble of the Constitution mean?

Back

Keep the homeland at peace

Front

This diagram shows the purpose of government according to the Preamble of the Constitution.

Back

depends on people; serve the people

Front

What constitutional principles are demonstrated in examples A and B?

Back

Example A: checks and balances; Example B: separation of powers