Practice EOC Quiz

The phrase “consent of the governed” refers to the

• source of the government's power

• need for political parties

• implied powers of the Constitution

• Federal system of government

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments?

• Punish the South

• Basic rights to former enslaved persons

• Allow states to veto Federal Laws

• Establishing "separate but equal"

One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the:

• passage of the Black Codes

• Abolitionist Movement

• plantation system of the South

• Nullification Crisis

The power of judicial review was established when:

• The Constitution was ratified

• An amendment was added to the Constitution

• Thomas Jefferson used an executive order

• The Supreme Court issued its ruling on Marbury v Madison

A primary reason the Antifederalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 was due to the failure to:

• Include a Bill of Rights

• Provide strong national defense

• Restrict Immigration

• Extend voting rights to women

What was the result of the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• Two-House legislature

• Banning enslavement in all states

• requiring the President to have a cabinet

• Creation of the Supreme Court

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the Federal government to:

• create a postal system

• collect taxes from states

• control western lands

• admit new states to the union

Choose the best heading for the following terms: House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Town Meetings, Albany Plan of Union

• Early colonial documents

• Limits on colonial government

• Contributions of the Enlightenment

• Foundations of American democracy

Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a:

• Self-sufficient trading partner to Europe

• Source of manpower for British Navy

• A source of raw materials for Britain

• Prevent the French from expanding in the New World

 A major reason the American colonists of the 1600s chose to settle along the seacoast and rivers was so that they could

• Export enslaved people

• Trade

• Protection from Native Americans

• Use water to power factories