Idiots Guide to American Government Chapter 1
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. When was the United States Constitution Ratified?
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a.
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1798
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c.
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1789
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b.
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1989
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d.
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1698
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____ 2. Who laid the groundwork for American Democracy and Individual Freedom 800 years ago?
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a.
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French
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c.
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Germany
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b.
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Japan
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d.
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British
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____ 3. What is the name of the document that laid the groundwork for American Democracy?
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a.
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Constitution
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c.
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Bill of Rights
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b.
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Magna Carta
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d.
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Petition of Right
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___ 4. Why did King John levy a scutage against the Barons?
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a.
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Was mad that the Barons would not fight on his side.
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c.
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Wanted to invade Japan
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b.
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Need to rebuild his castle
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d.
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They were a new arrival to his land and thought they needed to pay for living in England
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____ 5. What is a Scutage?
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a.
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Fee Paid in lieu of military service
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c.
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Fee paid to clean city streets
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b.
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Fee paid for washing the Navy Ships
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d.
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Fee paid in lieu of working for the government
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____ 6. What is the Primary Purpose f the Magan Carta?
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a.
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Call for Majority Rule and the rights of the masses as opposed by the few.
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c.
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Call for grants to go to the new land
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b.
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Call for Minority Rule and the rights of the few as opposed by the many
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d.
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Called for all people under british rule to rise up against the colony’s to stop american aggression
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____ 7. What amendment gave women the right to vote?
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a.
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17th
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c.
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19th
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b.
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18th
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d.
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20th
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____ 8. What is the name of the first written agreement for self-government in America?
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a.
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Mayflower Compact
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c.
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Madrid Compact
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b.
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Mayflower
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d.
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US Constitution
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____ 9. What is another name for the Coercive Acts of 1774
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a.
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Anti-Rights act
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c.
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Jim Crow Laws
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b.
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Intolerable Acts
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d.
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Mr. Miller
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____ 10. How many words are in the Constitution
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a.
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6500
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c.
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6600
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b.
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6700
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d.
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6900
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____ 11. Who was teh first state to ratify the constitution?
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a.
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Bridgeman
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c.
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Florida
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b.
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Rhode Island
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d.
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Deleware
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____ 12. What did the Anti-Federalist Believe in with regards to setting up a new government?
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a.
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Wanted a dictator
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c.
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strong central government with shared powers between teh states and the national government.
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b.
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Wanted a government based on the Devine Right Theory
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d.
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Concerned with those institutions that did not have any direct link to the people to be held accountable. Like the president adn the Senate
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____ 13. What did the Federalist want with regards to the government and the constitution?
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a.
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They wanted one leader and no individual rights. The state should support the government
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c.
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Supported a strong central government with shared powers between teh states and the national government.
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b.
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They wanted a small group of leaders to run the country, giving little rights to those that we not in control.
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d.
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Concerned with those institutions that did not have any direct link to the people to be held accountable. Like the president adn the Senate
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____ 14. What is the name of the three main Federalist?
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a.
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
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c.
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George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, James Adams
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b.
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Brandon Blodgett, Seth Johnson, Daniel Strand
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d.
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George Bush, Bill Bush, Bill Clinton
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____ 15. What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
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a.
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Each Slave would have to be able to farm three-fifths of their land to own property
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c.
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Each slave would have to pay three-fifths of the pay to the government in order to vote
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b.
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Each slave was considered three-fifths of a worker. So when using the triangle trade slave owners could purchase them at a lower rate.
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d.
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Each slave would count as three-fifths of a person for purpose of taxation and representation
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____ 16. What was the concern with George Mason and slavery?
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a.
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He owned more than 200 slaves
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c.
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He lived in the North and would not be affected by slaves.
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b.
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He did not care about slavery
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d.
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He lived in the south and needed a vast number of slaves to work at his pulp plantation
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____ 17. What was the Sherman Compromise?
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a.
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Sherman wanted to purchase land for cattle in Virginia was not allowed to until after he to the US government to court.
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c.
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Each slave would count as three-fifths of a person for purpose of taxation and representation
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b.
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Called for two congressional houses. Lower house hat would be proportional to the size and population of eleigible voters, with each state hving at least one representative, and an upper house composed of senators, with two from each state, no matter how large or small, giving each state equal representation
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d.
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1.
Establish the principle of equality for all. All men are created equal
2.
Enumerated the colonists’ reasons for separating from England called king George III an absolute tyrant outlined 25 major areas of disagreements, distrust, and objection
3.
Served as a declaration of war. Turned thir backs on the British government
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____ 18. Who wrote the New Jersey Plan?
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a.
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John Jay
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c.
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William Paterson
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b.
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James Madison
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d.
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Henry Pratt
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____ 19. Who wrote the Virginia Plan?
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a.
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Marc Kline
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c.
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William Patterson
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b.
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James Monroe
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d.
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James Madison
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____ 20. What was the Virginia Plan?
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a.
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Established the three branches we have today. Legislative Branch was Congress with two houses a lower house elected by those qualified to vote and an upper house whose members would be nominated by the legislatures in each state and approved by the lower house
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c.
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Created a central Government
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b.
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Established a single party system
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d.
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Worked to develope a taxatioin without representationi.
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Multiple Response
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a.
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Virginia
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c.
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Rhode Island
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b.
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Michigan
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d.
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Deleware
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Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
____ 21. What state refused to send a delegate to the Constitution Drafting?