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Midterm Review 2

Quiz by Mr. Anderson

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    Which plan called for a weak central government?
    Virginia Plan
    Connecticut Plan
    New Jersey Plan
    Great Compromise
    30s
  • Q2
    Roger Sherman proposed a plan that was..
    used to establish the Articles of Confederation
    Favorable to large states
    Favorable to small states
    A balance between state and national government
    30s
  • Q3
    William Paterson proposed a plan that was:
    A balance between state and national government
    Favored by the small states
    All of the above
    Favored by the large states
    30s
  • Q4
    Part of the Great Compromise was:
    All of the above
    Counting 3/5ths of the slave population
    A national court system
    A bicameral house
    30s
  • Q5
    Part of the Virginia Plan was:
    Judicial Review
    A bicameral house
    The Bill of Rights
    A unicameral house
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a Social Contract?
    The document that set up the English Government
    An agreement between the people and the government.
    A document that was used to establish the Articles of Confederation.
    A contract between two governments
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the State of Nature according to Hobbes and Locke?
    Happy and Free
    War, "nasty, brutish, short"
    Scared and alone
    None of the above
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a "State of Nature"?
    How humans live day to day
    None of the above
    Humans in their natural setting before government
    The world before humans
    30s
  • Q9
    Who wrote Common Sense?
    Thomas Paine
    George Washington
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    30s
  • Q10
    Why was "Common Sense" important?
    Set up the government for the colonies
    Helped convince more colonists to rebel against England.
    All of the above
    Declared Independence from England
    30s
  • Q11
    Which was NOT a way that John Locke influenced Thomas Jefferson?
    None of the above
    Believed government needed the permission of the people
    Included Natural Rights
    Said you could overthrow the government
    30s
  • Q12
    Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
    George Washington
    Thomas Paine
    John Locke
    30s
  • Q13
    Which of the following did the 1st Continental Congress NOT decide to do in order to get the British to act more favorably towards them?
    Limit the slave trade
    Throw tea in Boston Harbor
    End exports to England
    Boycott English goods
    30s
  • Q14
    What was the Olive Branch Petition?
    The document that brought peace after the war
    The last attempt by the Continental Congress to reach a peace with England
    The name for the document that would eventually become the Declaration of Independence
    None of the above
    30s
  • Q15
    What date was the Declaration of Independence approved?
    December 7th, 1776
    Jan. 1st, 1776
    December 25th, 1776
    July 4th, 1776
    30s

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