Gov Study Guide Semester Exam 12-24

In the 1760's, Great Britain created new taxes and laws that caused the colonists to object to ____________?

• Taxation Without Representation
• The 10:00 PM Curfew
• Living In Poverty.
• The Increased Cost of Goods and Services

The ______________Compromise combined the basic features of the Virginia and New Jersey plans.

• Pennsylvania
• Baltimore
• Road Island
• Connecticut

The 3/5 compromise determined that states could count 3/5 of their _______________ as part of their permanent population for the purpose of increased representation in Congress.

• Women
• Children
• Slave Population
• All Of The Above

Two groups formed during the Constitutions Ratification process: the ____________, who favored ratifying the constitution, and the __________, who strongly opposed it.

• Constitutionalist / Anti-Constitutionalist
• Federalists / Anti-Federalists
• Democrats / Republicans
• North / South

On May 10th, 1775, the second Continental Congress was held to write and ratify ____________?

• The United States Constitution.
• The Bill of Rights
• The Albany Plan of Union
• The Articles of Confederation

The AOC established a government that tied the states together in what is best described as _____________?

• A Firm League Of Friendship
• The League of Mighty States
• The Land of the Free
• M'erica

Limited government means that governments have __________ powers.

• restricted
• unchecked
• almost no
• magical

The Magna Carta protected the peoples right to a trial by jury and ____________.

• a phone call
• 3 meals a day
• ownership of land
• due process of law

The Petition of Rights said the king could not use the military to rule during peacetime or __________________?

• let soldiers live in people's homes.
• garnish their wages for offending the crown.
• force the people to join the military during peacetime.
• tax them for living in a military protected area.

The English Bill of Rights forbade keeping an army during peacetime, __________________, and ensured that all parliamentary elections were free.

• guaranteed fair and speedy payment for confiscated goods
• guaranteed a fair but firm judgment in the courts
• guaranteed a fair and speedy trial
• guaranteed nobleman status to those who enlisted