OST Review - Part 1

An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed in exchange for protection and various services

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

• Decree

Inherent in human beings and not dependent on governments; includes life, liberty, and property

• Anti-Federalists

• natural rights

• Canada

• Social contract

The section "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" from the Declaration of Independence, is an example of which Enlightenment idea?

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Freedome of Speech

• Separation of Powers

Enlightenment thinkers believed reason could improve human society. How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the decision of the American colonies to declare independence from Great Britain?

• They believed government should be a contract between people and their government.

• They believed government should protect the rights of animals.

• They believed government should have unlimited power.

• They believed government should be selected by children.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government faced many challenges.  The passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was considered one of the primary successes of the period.  
Why was the Northwest Ordinance important?

• It established a system of taxation that required all states to contribute to the expenses of maintaining the Northwest Territory.
• It addressed the need for government in the Northwest Territory and established precedents for future governing of the United States.
• It ended slavery in the United States.
• It set up reservations for Native Americans

Which statement is most accurate concerning the Northwest Ordinance?

• The issue of slavery was largely ignored in the document

• Hunters of runaway slaves were banned from entering the NW Territory

• Slavery was abolished in the Northwest Territory

• All women were given the right to vote

What does the statement below describe?

“The national government could not tax or regulate commerce among the states.”

• A strength of the Articles of Confederation
• A weakness of the Constitution
• A weakness of the Articles of Confederation
• A recipe for disaster

Argued that a strong central government provided by the new Constitution was needed to protect against uprisings and foreign attacks

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

In the national debate over the ratification of the Constitution, which group argued that a bill of rights was necessary to protect the rights of individuals?

• Nationalists
• Federalists
• Conservatives
• Anti-Federalists

One of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation was that there was no national court system to settle disputes between states. The Constitution fixed this problem by 

• Giving Congress the power to regulate trade between the states
• Establishing the Supreme Court as the highest court in the nation
• Giving power to execute the law to the President of the United States of America
• Having states settle their disputes “Hunger Games” style