The Constitution

The colonists rebelled against the imposition by the British government of which of the following?

• taxes

• a military draft

• curfews

• religious laws

What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not dependent on government?

• inherent rights

• repatriations

• natural law

• Constitutional law

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1776

• 1787

• 1789

• 1805

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

__________ was a protest by Massachusetts farmers to stop foreclosures by state courts.

• The Committee of Correspondence

• The Federalist Papers

• Mercantilism

• Shays’s Rebellion

What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish?

• the Senate and the House of Representatives

• the federalist system

• an independent judiciary

• universal male suffrage

Under the Constitution, the president is elected by which of the following?

• King Caucus

• People’s Plebiscite

• electoral college

• direct popular election

What was the subject of the Connecticut Compromise?

• the legality of slavery

• the form of the legislative branch

• the number of Supreme Court justices

• the form of the executive branch

Which of the following is a reason for the separation of powers?

• to ensure the power of the executive

• to promote the general welfare

• to prevent tyranny by any one branch

• to prevent gridlock in government

The Constitution prohibits having __________ qualifications for holding public office.

• residency

• competency

• religious

• citizenship