Unit 1 Test Political Theory and The US Constitution

The compromise that created popular representation in the House of Representatives created a debate about -

• voting rights for women

• counting enslaved people

• protection of individual rights

• citizenship for American Indians

What resolution came about in response to the debate over legislative representations?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Article of Confederation

How did President Jefferson encourage the westward expansion of the US?

• Treaty with Spain

• Louisiana Territory

• Refusing to enter alliances

• creating the national park system

What political leader's election to a fourth term brought about concerns that his election threatened the system of checks and balances?

• George Washington

• King T'Challa

• Andrew Jackson

• Franklin D Roosevelt

One way the US constitution republic differs from monarchies is

• a king

• ambassadors

• political party officials

• representatives of the people

One similarity for both the U.S. President and many state executive leaders is the power to

• set term limits

• veto

• remove Senators

• appoint ambassdors

Which set of events is the correct sequence for electing a US President?

• Party nomination

  Campaigning

  General Election

  Electoral College

• Campaigning

  Nomination

  General Election

  Electoral College

• Nomination

  General Election

  Campaigning

  Electoral College

• Electoral College

  Nomination

  Campaigning

  General Election

The founding of the US has traditional roots in Christian teachings as well as philosophies developed primarily during the -

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Commercial Revolution

Which major political tradition argues that a legitimate government is based on the consent of the governed?

• federalism

• common law

• natural right

• republicanism

Which of the following Founding Fathers is remembered as both a strong supporter of central government as well as the principal author of the US Constitution?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Mason