Unit 4: The Development of the U.S. Government

What is the main focus of Unit 4 in the learning material?

• The Development of the U.S. Government

• The History of Ancient Civilizations

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Space Age

Unit 4 covers the ______ of the U.S. Government.

• Fall

• Development

• Destruction

• Abandonment

Who appointed a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence?

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second Continental Congress

• The British Parliament

• The United Nations

The Declaration of Independence utilized many _______ ideas.

• Medieval

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Modern

What became clear to the colonies in order to win the war?

• They needed more soldiers

• They needed to work together

• They needed foreign allies

• They needed better weapons.

What is a constitution?

• A) A type of government

• B) A detailed, written plan for government

• C) A historical document

• D) A set of laws.

A constitution describes the _______ of the government.

• History

• Structures

• Culture

• Economy

What is the role of a legislature in a state government?

• To make laws

• To enforce laws

• To interpret laws

• To judge laws.

Most legislatures were ________, meaning divided into two parts.

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Multicameral

What is a confederation?

• A single state governing itself

• A group of individual state governments united for one purpose

• A type of government where power is held by a central authority

• A system where states are completely independent.