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AP USG&P Unit 1: AMSCO Homework: Founding Principles

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 23, question 1: Which is the most democratic institution of government that represents the framers' commitment to a limited republic?

US Senate

Supreme Court

US House of Representatives

Electoral College

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 23, question 2: Which of the following is an accurate comparison of political philosophies on John Locke and Thomas Hobbes?

LOCKE: Was instrumental in drafting the Articles of Confederation / HOBBES: Wrote Second Treatise of Civil Government

LOCKE: Claimed citizens should not be subject to another's political power without their consent / HOBBES: Argued that in a state of nature, the result is anarchy and war

LOCKE: Wrote Leviathan / HOBBES: Believed in a the social contract theory

LOCKE: Was a French philosopher / HOBBES: Argued for separation of powers in government

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 23, question 3: Which of the following is a chief argument in James Madison's Federalist No. 10?

A bill of rights is necessary to secure liberty.

Free speech should be added to the Constitution.

Judicial review will prevent harsh laws against the citizenry.

A large, diverse republic will tame the mischiefs of factions.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 24, question 4: Which of the following statements best reflects the author's perspective?

The authors believed faith is the strongest guiding principle to maintain social order.

The authors recognized their right to collective self-rule even as British subjects.

The authors created their pact in order to break away from British religious persecution.

The authors believed that everyone in the colony should share the same religion.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 24, question 5: Which of the Enlightenment philosophies is most consistent with the ideas in the passage?

Hobbes's state of nature

Locke's consent of the governed

Rousseau's refusal to accept a social contract

Montesquieu's belief in limited government

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMSCO p. 24, question 6: Which of the following was the basis of one Anti-Federalist concern about the proposed form of government?

Dissatisfaction with power the states had in Articles of Confederation

Fear that large states would have more power than the federal government

Suspicion of the "necessary and proper" clause and federal power

Doubts about the need for the separation of powers

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