EOC CIVICS

Analyze the influences of ancient Greece, ancient Rome and the Judeo-Christian tradition on America’s constitutional republic.

• They provided ideas about democracy, republicanism, and moral law.

• They influenced the development of modern technology.

• They established the first written language in America.

• They created the first American political parties.

America’s founding ideas on law and government were based on which of the following principles?

• Divine right of kings

• Popular sovereignty and natural rights

• Absolute monarchy

• Feudalism

The Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense influenced colonists’ views of government by:

• Encouraging absolute monarchy

• Promoting ideas of self-government and individual rights

• Discouraging written laws

• Supporting taxation without representation

Enlightenment ideas, including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and Locke’s social contract, influenced the Founding in which of the following ways?

• They inspired the structure and principles of the U.S. Constitution.

• They led to the abolition of all monarchies in Europe.

• They promoted the idea of a state religion in the United States.

• They discouraged the use of written laws in government.

British policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence by:

• Granting the colonies full independence without conflict.

• Ignoring colonial grievances and imposing new taxes and laws.

• Allowing colonies to govern themselves freely.

• Providing equal representation to the colonies in Parliament.

Analyze the ideas and grievances set forth in the Declaration of Independence.

• The Declaration of Independence lists ideas of natural rights and grievances against British rule.

• It describes the process of writing the Constitution.

• It explains the Bill of Rights in detail.

• It outlines the structure of the U.S. government.

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the U.S. Constitution because:

• they created a strong central government

• they failed to provide for a national army or the power to tax

• they allowed the President too much power

• they established a monarchy

The purpose of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution is to:

• List the rights of citizens

• Explain the goals and reasons for the Constitution

• Describe the structure of the government

• Amend the Constitution

The U.S. Constitution limits the powers of government through which of the following principles?

• Separation of powers, checks and balances, individual rights, rule of law, and due process of law

• Unlimited executive authority

• Abolition of individual rights

• Rule by a single branch of government

Compare the viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding ratification of the U.S. Constitution and including a bill of rights.

• The Federalists supported ratification without a bill of rights, while the Anti-Federalists opposed ratification without one.

• Both Federalists and Anti-Federalists supported ratification only with a bill of rights.

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists both opposed the inclusion of a bill of rights.

• Federalists wanted a bill of rights, but Anti-Federalists did not.