USA2 Test Prep

Name an impact the Mayflower Compact had on colonists' views of government.

• Representative self-government
• Habeas corpus
• Consent of the governed
• social contract

John Locke's ideas that are referred to in the Declaration of Independence:

• Direct democracy
• Separation of powers
• Social Contract

• Natural law

What British policy resulted in this grievance being written in the Declaration of Independence: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act
• Declaratory Act

What is the purpose of this part of the U.S. Constitution? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, Insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our prosterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America".

• to establish the goals and purposes of government

• to explain the reason why the colonists separated from England
• to explain rule of law
• to describe the separation of powers and three branches of government

What is the job of the national and state legislatures?

• Interpret laws
• Enforce laws
• Veto laws
• Make laws

Which statement expresses a Federalist viewpoint?

• "We need a Bill of Rights to ensure that our liberties will be protected."
• "The Constitution is necessary to bind our nation together".
• The nation is not as important as the individual states are.
• "The Constitution takes rights away from the states."

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were (check all that apply):

• Congress had no power to tax so it couldn't raise money for things the government needed

• Congress had no power to regulate trade

• There was no judicial branch, so laws could not be interpreted

• Congress had no power to enforce its laws because there was no executive branch

• There were no national armed forces

The anit-federalists were for the U.S. Constitution and the federalists were against it, in part because of the absence of a Bill of Rights.

• true

• false

This painting shows Daniel Shays at the Massachusetts courthouse in 1786. What weakness of the Articles of Confederation is illustrated in this image?

• The national government had no court system.
  

• Congress lacked the power to create a uniform currency.
  

• Congress lacked the power to regulate trade between states.

• The national government was not strong enough to keep order when there was a crisis

Why did the Anti-Federalists insist that the Constitution include a Bill of Rights?

• They wanted to protect the people from a powerful government

• They feared the state governments would interfere with managing the country

• They feared the central government would enter into a dangerous foreign alliance

• They wanted to test the amendment process before agreeing to a new form of government