Civics Unit 1 Practice
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- Q1The Constitutional Convention met in what city?Washington DCPhiladelphiaBostonNew York30s
- Q2What was the name of the first US Constitution?Articles of ConfederationDeclaration of IndependenceSecond Continental CongressBill of Rights30s
- Q3What amendment repealed another amendment?changing the length of the presidential termrepeal of prohibitionrepeal of the lame duck amendmentabolition of slavery30s
- Q4The Declaration of Independence was written by....Ben FranklinAlexander HamiltonJames MadisonThomas Jefferson30s
- Q5The Declaration of Independence was authorized by...First Continental CongressKing George IIISecond Continental CongressThomas Jefferson30s
- Q6The New Jersey Plan favored...equal representation in the Senate, representation based on population in the houseno representation in congressrepresentation based on populationEqual representation, one state one vote30s
- Q7The belief that each man is free and independent and cannot be subjected to the authority of another without giving his consent, is attributed to....Baron of MontesqueiuJames MadisonJohn LockeJean-Jacques Rouseau30s
- Q8Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?no executive branchall of theseno power to levy taxesno amendments without a unanimous vote of the states30s
- Q9Which is true of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?most were men of wealth and presitgeover half had been to collegeseveral would eventually serve as president, vice president, or representative in the future governmentall of these30s
- Q10The British government believed it had a right to quarter their troops in the colonies because....the soldiers were there to protect usall of theseit was expensive to support troops overseaswe needed to help pay for our own protection30s
- Q11The United States Constitution would not have been ratified without the promise of what guarantees?Bill of RightsAlbany PlanArticles of ConfederationDeclaration of Independence30s
- Q12Which of the following is not necessarily a characteristic of a state.federalismsovereigntypopulationgovernment30s
- Q13Who wrote these words: "All men are created equal."?John Adamsnone of theseBenjamin FranklinThomas Jefferson30s
- Q14The Bundle of Compromises that made of the constitution includesBicameral, Albany, and ConnecticutConnecticut, Commerce and Slave Trade, and UnicameralConnecticut, Slave-Trade, and Presidentialnone of these30s
- Q15Democratic theory states that the will of the majorityis seldom rightis always rightis subject to the restraint of minority rightsnone of the above30s