Review Assessment: Sample Test

	Review Assessment: Sample Test

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Question 1 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The Articles of Confederation were approved by all of the state legislatures in

Selected Answer: Correct 1781, six years after Washington's troops began fighting.

Correct Answer: Correct 1781, six years after Washington's troops began fighting.

Question 2 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Which of the following is NOT a structural characteristic of American government?

Selected Answer: Correct free and fair elections

Correct Answer: Correct free and fair elections

Question 3 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Conditions conducive to building and sustaining democracy include all BUT

Selected Answer: Correct a deeply divided population on basic issues such as religion.

Correct Answer: Correct a deeply divided population on basic issues such as religion.

Question 4 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The Constitution and the principles of representative democracy helped dispel the framers' fear of a(n)

Selected Answer: Correct tyranny of the majority.

Correct Answer: Correct tyranny of the majority.

Question 5 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct According to the authors of the text, "government by the people is necessarily government by ..."

Selected Answer: Correct representative politicians.

Correct Answer: Correct representative politicians.

Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Which of the following states did NOT have claims to Western Lands?

Selected Answer: Correct New Jersey

Correct Answer: Correct New Jersey

Question 7 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The words "all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..." are from the

Selected Answer: Incorrect Constitution.

Correct Answer: Correct Declaration of Independence.

Question 8 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The colonists were struggling with the balance between all BUT

Selected Answer: Correct a limited monarchy and absolutism.

Correct Answer: Correct a limited monarchy and absolutism.

Question 9 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The new Constitution was to be ratified by

Selected Answer: Correct popularly elected conventions in nine states.

Correct Answer: Correct popularly elected conventions in nine states.

Question 10 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Special attention was focused on the problems inherent in the Articles of Confederation by

Selected Answer: Correct Shays' Rebellion.

Correct Answer: Correct Shays' Rebellion.

Question 11 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Anti-federalists tended to be from all but

Selected Answer: Correct major cities.

Correct Answer: Correct major cities.

Question 12 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The Constitutional Convention decided that the President would be chosen by

Selected Answer: Correct the Electoral College.

Correct Answer: Correct the Electoral College.

Question 13 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The delegates to the Constitutional Convention all believed in a government in which no single interest would dominate, and they called this idea

Selected Answer: Correct balanced government.

Correct Answer: Correct balanced government.

Question 14 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct In 1789 during the ratification process, the Constitution

Selected Answer: Correct did not include a Bill of Rights.

Correct Answer: Correct did not include a Bill of Rights.

Question 15 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The idea that the rights of the nation are supreme over the rights of the individuals residing in that nation is called

Selected Answer: Correct statism.

Correct Answer: Correct statism.

Question 16 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The first state to ratify the Constitution was

Selected Answer: Correct Delaware.

Correct Answer: Correct Delaware.

Question 17 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct One of the reasons the American democracy has survived over 200 years is

Selected Answer: Correct Americans have a shared commitment to the Constitution and to the principle "of the people."

Correct Answer: Correct Americans have a shared commitment to the Constitution and to the principle "of the people."

Question 18 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The plan which advocated a single-house legislature where each state would have the same vote was called the

Selected Answer: Correct New Jersey Plan.

Correct Answer: Correct New Jersey Plan.

Question 19 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct At the Constitutional Convention, which plan contained the idea of what would eventually become the supremacy clause?

Selected Answer: Incorrect none of these

Correct Answer: Correct the New Jersey Plan

Question 20 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The political system where those who have governmental authority get and retain authority directly or indirectly as a result of winning free elections is called

Selected Answer: Incorrect a republic.

Correct Answer: Correct representative democracy.

Question 21 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The plan that advocated a legislature with representation in both houses based on population or wealth was called the

Selected Answer: Correct Virginia Plan.

Correct Answer: Correct Virginia Plan.

Question 22 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The principle that everyone has the opportunity to realize his or her own goals is called

Selected Answer: Correct self-determination.

Correct Answer: Correct self-determination.

Question 23 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct The Federalist Papers were written by all of the following EXCEPT

Selected Answer: Correct Thomas Jefferson.

Correct Answer: Correct Thomas Jefferson.

Question 24 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Supporters of the new government who supported ratification were called

Selected Answer: Correct Federalists.

Correct Answer: Correct Federalists.

Question 25 Multiple Choice 0 of 0 points

Correct Free and fair elections require all of the following EXCEPT

Selected Answer: Correct equal political power of citizens.

Correct Answer: Correct equal political power of citizens.